- 使浸泡，使浸渍：
to soak peanuts before cooking them
做菜前浸泡花生米
to soak the seeds in the warm water
在温水中浸泡种子
- 把…浸湿，使湿透：
to soak the soil
滋润土壤
She's soaked to the skin in the rain.
在大雨中，她浑身都湿透了。
- 把…浸湿后脱落：
to soak off the glued picture on the wall
把墙上的粘贴画浸湿后除掉
- 浸洗掉；去除 (out):
to soak the dust out
洗去灰尘
to soak out the dirty on the carpet
除去地毯上的污迹
- 吸收；摄取 (up):
to soak up knowledge
吸取知识
to soak in nutrition
摄取营养
- [俚语] 敲…的竹杠；向…征收重税：
He was soaked by the waiter.
他被侍者敲了一笔竹杠。
- [口语] 使喝醉；狂饮：
to soak ten mugs of beer without a break
一口气连喝下十大杯啤酒
- [英国俚语] 典当：
to soak one's furs
典当裘皮大衣
- [美国俚语] 痛打；严厉惩罚：
I was soaked for that mistake.
我因那次错误而受到了苛责。
- [ soak oneself] 沉湎,热衷：
to soak oneself in philately
热衷于集邮
- 【冶金学】使(金属)经受均热处理