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

• He often sponges on you.
  他常常搜刮你的钱。
• I suggest you ladies get some sponges and buckets.
  我建议女士们拿点棉花和桶。
• It makes a superb filling for cakes and sponges.
  它非常适合做蛋糕和软布丁的馅儿。
• A kind of gourd called the luffa is used to make sponges.
  一种叫做丝瓜的葫芦科作物被用来制造海绵。
• Hairy-bodied insect whose larvae feed on freshwater sponges.
  身体有毛的昆虫，其幼虫吃淡水海绵。
• Arborescent coral found off the coast of Bermuda; dendriform sponges.
  百慕大群岛海上发现的树状珊瑚；树状海绵。
• Babies, in particular, are ultimate learning sponges because they start out with a clean slate.
  婴儿，尤其是学习的最终因为海绵清洁板岩出发。
• Sponges squeeze easily.
  海绵容易挤压。
• Indeed, some organisms-cockroaches and sponges, for example, are so well adapted that they have changed very little in many millions of years.
  事实上，有一些生物，如蟑螂和海绵，的确由于已经适应得非常好了，以致在亿万年中几乎没有发生什么变化。
• Splicing the main wood and white wood powder latex, adhesive for bonding stereotypes sponges.
  木料拼接主要用木胶粉和白乳胶，喷胶用于海绵的粘合定型。