sponges

英 [ˈspʌndʒɪz]

美 [ˈspʌndʒɪz]

v.  用湿布(或海绵)擦; 揩拭; 用湿布(或海绵)擦掉; 揩去; 白要; 白吃; 揩油; 蹭(饭等)
sponge的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 海绵;人造海绵
  Spongeis a very light soft substance with lots of little holes in it, which can be either artificial or natural. It is used to clean things or as a soft layer.
  1. ...a sponge mattress.
     海绵床垫
• 海绵(一种海洋动物，体圆而柔软)
  Aspongeis a sea animal with a soft round body made of natural sponge.
• N-COUNT (洗澡或清洁用的)海绵块
  Aspongeis a piece of sponge that you use for washing yourself or for cleaning things.
  1. He wiped off the table with a sponge.
     他用一块海绵擦桌子。
• VERB 用湿海绵擦拭
  If youspongesomething, you clean it by wiping it with a wet sponge.
  1. Fill a bowl with water and gently sponge your face and body.
     在一只盆里放上水，轻轻地用蘸湿的海绵擦拭你的面部及身体。
  2. Sponge downmeans the same assponge.
     sponge down 同 sponge
  3. If your child's temperature rises, sponge her down gently with tepid water.
     如果你孩子的体温上升，就用海绵蘸上温水轻轻地擦拭她的身体。
• N-VAR 海绵蛋糕;松软布丁
  Aspongeis a light cake or pudding made from flour, eggs, sugar, and sometimes fat.
  1. It makes a superb filling for cakes and sponges.
     它非常适合做蛋糕和软布丁的馅儿。
• VERB 揩…的油;靠…养活
  If you say that someonesponges offother people orsponges onthem, you mean that they regularly get money from other people when they should be trying to support themselves.
  1. He should just get an honest job and stop sponging off the rest of us!...
     他应该找一份正当的工作，不要再揩我们这些人的油了！
  2. He spent his life grumbling about missed opportunities and sponging on his father for money.
     他一辈子都在抱怨失去的机会，并一直伸手向自己的父亲要钱。

双语例句

• Hairy-bodied insect whose larvae feed on freshwater sponges.
  身体有毛的昆虫，其幼虫吃淡水海绵。
• Sponges can grow to a very considerable size.
  海绵可以长得非常大。
• Natural forests act like giant sponges soaking up rain and gradually releasing it into streams, he said.
  天然林像巨大的海绵，吸收了雨水，逐渐释放到河流里，他说。
• The scene-painter was gone, having spoilt only the floor of one room, ruined all the coachman's sponges, and made five of the under-servants idle and dissatisfied;
  绘景师走了，他只糟蹋了一个房间的地板，毁掉了马车夫的所有海绵，带坏了五个干粗活的仆人，一个个变得又懒惰又不满意。
• Feeds on sponges and tunicates.
  吃海绵与被囊类。
• He studies giant barrel sponges growing on coral reefs in the Caribbean.
  他主要研究生长于加勒比海珊瑚礁上的圆桶海绵。
• The sponges can also be used not only for washing but also to blot up leftover water from the body.
  该海绵也可以使用，不仅为洗衣机，但也污点了遗留下来的水从体内。
• First graders are sponges, and ought to be reading English children's books;
  一年级的孩子就像海绵，他们应该读孩子口味的英语书。
• The secrets of the wealthy are sponges of gold; one must know how to subject them to pressure.
  有钱人的隐情是浸满金汁的海绵，应当知道怎样来挤它。
• People often forget that humans are animals, as are sponges and jellyfish.
  人们常常忘记，人也是动物，如同海绵和水母。