核心畫面

Picture the moment after a bucket of water has gone over someone: not damp, not just wet, but water running off the sleeves and dripping on the floor. Drenched is that finished state — soaked right through, with more liquid than the thing can hold.

可以想成一桶水潑下去之後的那一刻:不是有點濕,也不是普通的濕,而是袖口還在滴水、地上已經一灘。drenched 講的更多收起可以想成一桶水潑下去之後的那一刻:不是有點濕,也不是普通的濕,而是袖口還在滴水、地上已經一灘。drenched 講的就是這個「已經完成」的狀態——液體多到裝不下了,全部透過去。淋雨、流汗、醬汁淋太多,都能套進同一個畫面。

Two branches

被液體澆透

這一支就是字面本身:真的有液體,真的濕了。

adjective · B2

Completely wet, because a lot of liquid such as rain or sweat has soaked into something or been poured over it.

濕透

光像液體一樣灑滿

把上面那個畫面整個搬去寫光:光被當成可以倒、可以淹的東西,所以房間不只是亮,而是被蓋住了。這是比喻的用法,不是說光真的是液體。

adjective · C1

Used in 'drenched in light' or 'drenched with light' to say that a great deal of light is falling on a place, so that the light seems to pour over it the way water would.

灑滿光/浸在光裡

原始詞典資料2 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。

drenchedadj/dɹɛnt͡ʃt/

  • 1

    Completely wet; sodden

    • The storm's so bad that if you step outside for 20 seconds, you get drenched.
    • Back home the buses went up in flashes / The Irish tomb was drenched in blood

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。