Souse



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.浸在水中, 使湿透
• ［英］ v.浸在水中, 使湿透 ( immerse, drench, saturate)
• ［例］ He soused me head and ears into a pail of water.

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (soused; sousing)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French suz, souce pickling juice, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German sulza brine, Old English sealt salt
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. pickle
  • 2.
    • a. to plunge in liquid ; immerse
    • b. drench, saturate
  • 3. to make drunk ; inebriate
• intransitive verb
  • to become immersed or drenched

II. noun

• Date: 14th century
• 1. something pickled; especially seasoned and chopped pork trimmings, fish, or shellfish
• 2. an act of sousing ; wetting
• 3.
  • a. a habitual drunkard
  • b. a drinking spree ; binge

III. verb (soused; sousing)

• Etymology: Middle English souce, noun, start of a bird's flight, alteration of sours, probably from Anglo-French surse source — more at source
• Date: 1567
• intransitive verb
  • archaic to swoop down ; plunge
• transitive verb
  • archaic to swoop down on

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