- 1
To drench someone or something is to make them extremely wet — soaked through, not a light splash. Rain can drench you on the way home; a wave can drench people on a boat; you can drench a plant by pouring on far too much water. It is a vivid everyday verb, stronger than wet and close to soak.
To drench someone or something把某人或某樣東西drench，is to make them extremely wet就是把他們弄得非常濕——soaked through, not a light splash是濕透，不是輕輕潑到。Rain can drench you on the way home雨可能在回家路上把你drench濕透；a wave can drench people on a boat一個浪可能把船上的人淋濕；you can drench a plant by pouring on far too much water你也可以澆太多水把一株植物drench。It is a vivid everyday verb這是個很生動的日常動詞，stronger than wet and close to soak比wet更強烈，接近soak。
You also hear it in cooking (drench the cake in syrup) and, a little more loosely, in set pictures: drenched in sweat, drenched in moonlight (that last one is poetic).
You also hear it in cooking你也會在烹飪裡聽到這個字：(drench the cake in syrup)像'drench the cake in syrup'（把蛋糕淋滿糖漿），and, a little more loosely, in set pictures也比較鬆散地用在一些固定畫面裡：drenched in sweat像'drenched in sweat'（滿身大汗）、drenched in moonlight或'drenched in moonlight'（沐浴在月光裡）——(that last one is poetic)最後這個用法比較詩意。
Though actually, the word started as a drink: Old English used it for a draught or a potion, and farmers still give a drench as liquid medicine to an animal.
Though actually不過事實上，the word started as a drink這個字最早是指一種飲品：Old English used it for a draught or a potion古英文用它指一劑藥水或藥湯，and farmers still give a drench as liquid medicine to an animal農夫現在還是會給動物餵a drench，也就是液態藥。
For most , the “make wet” verb is the one that matters. It is not rude and not especially formal.
For most learners對大部分學習者來說，the "make soaking wet" verb is the one that matters'弄得濕透'這個動詞用法才是重點。It is not rude and not especially formal它不粗魯，也不特別正式。
組成From Old English drenc, a drink or potion. The verb meant “to give someone a drink” and also “to soak them.” It is historically a doublet of the noun drink, and the verb is the old causative of drink — “make someone drink” — which later settled on “soak.”
原始詞典資料10 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
drenchnoun詞源 1/dɹɛnt͡ʃ/
- 1
archaicA dose or draught of liquid medicine (especially one causing sleepiness) taken by a person; specifically, a (large) dose, or one forced or poured down the throat.
- [T]hey need not carry ſuch an unvvorthy ſuſpicion over the Preachers of Gods vvord, as to tutor their unſoundneſſe vvith the Abcie of a Liturgy, or to diet their ignorance, and vvant of care, vvith the limited draught of a Mattin, and even ſong drench.
- Let ſuch bethink them, if the ſleepy drench / Of that forgetful Lake benumme not ſtill, / That in our proper motion we aſcend / Up to our native ſeat: deſcent and fall / To us is adverſe.
- 2
biologymedicinenatural-sciencesA dose or draught of liquid medicine administered to an animal.
- O my ſvveet Harry ſaies ſhe! hovv manie haſt thou kild to day? Giue my roane horſe a drench (ſayes hee) and aunſvveres ſome foureteene, an houre after: a trifle, a trifle.
- It [siler] ſtaieth the gurrie or running out of the belly in foure-footed beaſts, vvhether it bee given ſtamped by vvay of a drench and ſo injected, or chevved drie among their meat vvith ſalt.
drenchverb詞源 2/dɹɛnt͡ʃ/
- 1
To cause (someone) to drink; to provide (someone) with a drink.
- Pork ſucceeds to Beef, Pies to Puddings: The Cloth is remov'd, Madam, drench'd vvith a Bumper, drops a Courtſey, and departs; […]
- But music alone, would not do—Some roast-beef was a necessary article, and some wine, to feed and drench the actors.
- 2
biologymedicinenatural-sciencesTo cause (someone) to drink; to provide (someone) with a drink.
- 3
To make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it; to saturate, to soak; also (archaic), to make (someone or something) completely wet by immersing in water or some other liquid; to soak, to steep.
- That our Garments being (as they were) drencht in the Sea, hold notwithſtanding their freſhneſſe and gloſſes, being rather new dy'de then ſtain'd with ſalte water.
- Deſolations by vvarrs; hovv many fields have been drencht vvith blood, and compoſted vvith carcaſſes; hovv many Millions of men have been cut off in all ages by the edge of the ſvvord?
- 4
obsoleteTo drown (someone).
- VVhat flames (q[uo]d he) vvhen I thee preſent ſee, / In daunger rather to be drent, then brent?
- He lookt a little further, and eſpyde / Another vvretch, vvhoſe carcas deepe vvas drent / VVithin the riuer, vvhich the ſame did hyde: […]
- 5
obsoleteTo overwhelm (someone); to drown, to engulf.
- 6
obsoleteTo be drowned; also, to be immersed in water.
- Alas, now drencheth my ſwete fo, / That with the ſpoyle of my hart did go, / And left me but (alas) why did he ſo?
drenchnoun詞源 2/dɹɛnt͡ʃ/
- 1
An act of making someone or something completely wet; a soak or soaking, a wetting.
- Whenever it was the thought first struck him / How Death, at unawares, might duck him / Deeper than the grave, and quench / The gin-shop's light in Hell's grim drench […]
- 2
An amount of water or some other liquid that will make someone or something completely wet.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。