soak: implies a usually prolonged immersion that results in a thorough wetting, softening, or dissolving: soak the clothes to remove the stains. （immerse浸，泡to dip or submerge in a liquid，如immerse the paper in water for twenty minutes将纸张浸在水中20分钟，immerse one's head in the water把头浸入水中；还比喻投入陷入沉浸于活动爱好等to involve oneself deeply in a particular activity or interest，如she immersed herself in her work她投入工作，如he immersed himself in his studies他埋首研究，she was still immersed in her thoughts她仍然沉浸于思考中，he is deeply immersed in debt他深陷债务之中） （又如I'm looking forward to a long soak in the bath我盼望着能泡个长时间的热水澡, 如soak the beans overnight in water把豆子浸泡在水里一整夜，如soaking strawberries in saltwater in search of tiny bugs是最近Tiktok上的流行趋势viral trend）
saturate: implies an absorption until no more liquid can be held: gym clothes ~d with sweat. （如the soil/sponge is saturated with water土壤/海绵充满了水，如the market is saturated市场已经饱和，如the market has been saturated with paintings like that市场充斥着那种画）
drench: implies a thorough wetting by something that may pour down or may be poured: the cloudburst ~ed us to the skin. 骤然降下的大暴雨 （又如a drench of rain大雨倾盆，如rain-drenched sidewalks glisten under the street lamps大雨淋湿的人行道在街灯下发着微光，又如flowers drenched with sunlight沐浴在阳光下的花朵，a sun-drenched patio洒满阳光的天井，这里drench比喻大量覆盖充满） pour倾倒液体，如it never rains but pours倾盆大雨
steep: suggests an immersion and soaking that results in the extraction of an essence by the liquid: ~ tea in boiling water. 如the noodles should be steeped for 3–4 minutes面条应当浸泡3-4分钟，如a city steeped in history一个具有悠久历史的城市
impregnate: implies a thorough interpenetration of one thing by another: a cake strongly ~d with brandy. penetrate穿透 （来自pregnant怀孕的，impregnate还表示使怀孕to make pregnant，或渗透to permeate或浸透充满to soak or saturate，如wood which had been impregnated with preservative浸渍了防腐剂的木头，如to impregnate foods with the flavour of the ingredients使配料的味道浸透到食物中去，如an atmosphere impregnated with tension充满紧张的气氛）
soak浸泡: 指长时间浸泡，使完全湿透软化溶解，saturate湿透饱和: 指吸收到无法容纳更多，drench淋湿浇透: 指倾倒使湿透，steep冲泡: 表示浸泡目的是泡出精华，impregnate浸透灌注充满: 指被另一种物质所浸透
记忆方法: 1）首字母SSDSI排列成IS SSD是湿湿的<==浸泡 把一些物体浸在液体里叫做泡，未必是浸在热水里
2）浸泡的意思是用水渗透mean to permeate or be permeated with a liquid. （permeate渗透弥散遍布to pervade, to spread throughout, 如water will permeate blotting paper水能渗透吸水纸，如the aroma of soup permeated the air汤的香味弥漫在空气中，如his personality has begun to permeate through the whole organization他的人格魅力开始影响整个组织。另外，词根PER本身也表示through穿过通过）
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