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词汇 sodden
释义 sodden
adjective
uk /ˈsɒd.ən/ us /ˈsɑː.dən/
(of something that can absorb water) extremely wet: 湿透的,湿漉漉的
The football field was absolutely sodden.足球场完全是湿的。
Her thin coat quickly became sodden.她的薄外套很快就湿透了。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

full of or covered with liquid
wetThe washing is still wet.
moistYou must try this carrot cake - it's so moist and delicious.
dampThe towels are still damp.
soakedYour clothes are soaked!
soakingIt rained in the middle of the night, and when we woke up our sleeping bags were soaking wet.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Wet weather & wetness
clammily
clamminess
clammy
damp
damply
dampness
dankly
douse
moist
moisten
monsoon
rehydration
remoisten
rewet
saturation
semi-dry
sleety
soak
soaked
waterlogged

sodden | American Dictionary


sodden
adjective[ not gradable ]
us/ˈsɑd·ən/
extremely wet as a result of absorbing liquid:
The carpet was a sodden mess.

Examples of sodden


sodden
Yet the rain continued to pour, the tents and bedding became increasingly sodden, and tempers flared.
They were confined to the engine-room and stokehold, which were battened down, living on sodden hardtack and raw stockfish.
Already, this sodden field has been trampled into a quagmire.
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The damp, sodden clothes have to be hung up to dry.
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He is now thinking of trying bracken which, of course, is sodden by the recent rainfall and very difficult to dry.
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The vast majority lives and thrives in a bracing climate and not in a soft, sodden morass of subsidised incompetence.
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The land has been for several weeks past in a sodden condition, and winter cultivations have been seriously delayed.
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It is not simply damp, but so riddled with water that it is sodden.
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Women and men come in, and they feel the air sodden and heavy when they start work.
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When it finished that ground was indistinguishable from the ground round about it—except that it was no longer sodden and a marsh.
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A lot of them have old machinery hanging about in them: sodden, useless land.
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It has turned out to be a damp and sodden squib.
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The media have soddened us with slush, mush and sentimental rubbish over the past few weeks.
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The only trouble is that they are sodden and most of them died in the drought anyway.
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