soaked

/səʊkt/ (bre, ipa) · [sˈokt] /səʊkt/ (ame, ipa)

soaked — adjective

  • soakedpositive
  • soakedercomparative
  • soakedestsuperlative

1. extremely wet because liquid has gone right through you or something else.

1.形容詞B1
釋義

extremely wet because liquid has gone right through you or something else.

例句

By the time Yuki reached the bus stop, her coat was completely soaked.

be completely soaked

We came home soaked after the stadium roof started leaking in the storm.

come home soaked after rain

同義詞
  • drenched

    often suggests a sudden large amount of liquid, especially rain

  • sodden

    heavier and more unpleasant, often for cloth or ground that stays wet

  • sopping

    informal and vivid, often for very wet cloth or food

反義詞
  • dry

    has no water or very little moisture on it

  • damp

    only slightly wet, not fully wet through

文法句型

be/get + soaked

soaked through

soaked in + liquid

用法筆記

Common after be, get, or come home when people, clothes, or places are wet all the way through. It is stronger than wet and often suggests discomfort or a lot of liquid.

常見錯誤

❌My shoes were very soak after the walk.
✅My shoes were very soaked after the walk.
💡use the adjective soaked after be, not the base form soak.

2. used in compound adjectives after a noun to show that something is completely we

2.形容詞B2
釋義

used in compound adjectives after a noun to show that something is completely wet with that substance.

例句

The hikers rested beside a rain-soaked wall and shared the last sandwich.

noun-soaked compound adjective

Firefighters carried the child from a smoke-soaked bedroom before sunrise.

同義詞
  • drenched

    works as a normal adjective but is less tied to hyphenated compounds

  • saturated

    more formal and often used in technical or scientific contexts

反義詞
  • dry

    shows the thing is not wet with any substance

文法句型

[noun]-soaked + noun

用法筆記

This sense usually appears in hyphenated forms such as rain-soaked or sweat-soaked. The noun before soaked names the liquid or substance that has covered the person or thing.