drenching

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act by which something is drenched; a soaking.
    — […] and it contains a very good selection of shrubs and herbaceous plants, which, having good soil and plentiful drenchings of water from a garden-engine all the summer, thrive to admiration.
  2. The administering of a medicinal draught to an animal.
    — Horses,^([sic]) get all sorts of medicines, wormings, drenchings, and their food may well have been produced chemically […]
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of drench form-of,gerund,participle,present
形容词 adj.
  1. That causes one to become extremely wet.
    — We'll be experiencing drenching rain all weekend.

词形变化

more drenching comparative most drenching superlative drenchings plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English drenchyng, drenchynge, drenchende, from Old English drenċende, from Proto-Germanic *drankijandz, present participle of *drankijaną (“to drench”), equivalent to drench + -ing.
词源 2
From Middle English drenchinge, equivalent to drench + -ing.
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