n. 1.海绵。 2.海绵动物；海绵状的东西〔如泡沫塑料等〕；金属绵。 3.加有发酵粉的生面包；海绵布丁，蛋糕。 4.【医学】外科用纱布，棉球。 5.枪刷。 6.(擦身用)海绵揩。 7.〔古、美口〕食客，寄生者，吃闲饭的。 8.一堆蟹子。 9.〔俚语〕大量的人。 10.知识丰富的人。 短语和例子 have a sponge down 洗一个用海绵擦洗的澡。 pass the [a] sponge over 抹去，勾销；忘却(旧怨)，不再提起。 throw [toss, chuck] up the sponge 【拳击】扔掉擦身用的海绵认输；〔口语〕认输；投降。 vt. 1.用海绵揩[擦]；消除(债务等)，忘却(往事等) (out off away) 用海绵擦洗 (over down) 用海绵弄湿；用海绵吸 (up)。 2.占…的便宜，厚着脸骗吃(饭等)；乞讨，骗取，敲诈。 vi. 1.(海绵等)吸收。 2.采集海绵。 3.敲诈。 4.寄食，依赖他人过日子 (on upon)。 短语和例子 Please sponge my back with alcohol. 请用酒精擦擦我的背。 Every evening Tom would go to the White Bear to sponge drinks. 每天晚上汤姆都到白熊酒馆去讨酒喝。 A youngman like you shouldn't sponge on your uncle. 像你这样的小伙子不该寄食在叔叔家里。
primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies 同义词：poriferan, parazoan,
a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage 同义词：leech, parasite, sponger,
someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily; "she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge" 同义词：quick study,
a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
gather sponges, in the ocean
wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten
soak up with a sponge
erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard
ask for and get free; be a parasite 同义词：mooch, bum, cadge, grub,
Sponges are animals of the phylum Porifera (; meaning "pore bearer"). They are multicellular organisms which have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate through them, consisting of jelly-like mesohyl sandwiched between two thin layers of cells.
例句与用法
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That child soaks up new facts like a sponge ! 那孩子吸收新知识像海绵似的。
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She gave the floor a vigorous sponge all over . 她用海绵把地板使劲儿擦了一遍。
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Please sponge my back with alcohol . 请用酒精擦擦我的背。
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He sponged down the car to remove the shampoo . 他用海绵把汽车上的洗涤剂擦掉了。
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I would throw up the sponge and walk out . 我赌气而走。
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For a sponge bath, uncover only the area to be bathed . 擦浴时，只打开要洗的部位。
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The sunburnt sands drank water like a sponge . 被太阳晒烫的沙子像海绵一样吸收水份。
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He always sponges off others . 他总是揩别人的油。
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A young man like you shouldn't sponge on your uncle . 像你这样的小伙子不该寄食在叔叔家里。
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If there was one thing that he hated it was a sponge . 要说有什么事使他痛恨，那就是吃白食。
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