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sponge 音标拼音: [sp'ʌndʒ] n. 海绵,海绵状的东西
vt. 用海绵擦拭,吸收掉,抹掉
vi. 采集海绵,海绵般吸收 海绵,海绵状的东西用海绵擦拭,吸收掉,抹掉采集海绵,海绵般吸收 sponge n 1: 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 2: someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily; " she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge" [ synonym: { quick study}, { sponge}] 3: a follower who hangs around a host ( without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage [ synonym: { leech}, { parasite}, { sponge}, { sponger}] 4: primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies [ synonym: { sponge}, { poriferan}, { parazoan}] v 1: wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten 2: ask for and get free; be a parasite [ synonym: { mooch}, { bum}, { cadge}, { grub}, { sponge}] 3: erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard 4: soak up with a sponge 5: gather sponges, in the oceanSponge \ Sponge\ ( sp[ u^] nj), n. [ OF. esponge, F. [' e] ponge, L. spongia, Gr. spoggia`, spo` ggos. Cf. { Fungus}, { Spunk}.] [ Formerly written also { spunge}.] 1. ( Zool.) Any one of numerous species of Spongiae, or Porifera. See Illust. and Note under { Spongiae}. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The elastic fibrous skeleton of many species of horny Spongiae ( Keratosa), used for many purposes, especially the varieties of the genus { Spongia}. The most valuable sponges are found in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, and on the coasts of Florida and the West Indies. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Fig.: One who lives upon others; a pertinacious and indolent dependent; a parasite; a sponger. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Any spongelike substance. Specifically: ( a) Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the agency of the yeast or leaven. ( b) Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition. ( c) Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked. [ 1913 Webster] 5. ( Gun.) A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a handle, or staff. [ 1913 Webster] 6. ( Far.) The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering to the heel. [ 1913 Webster] { Bath sponge}, any one of several varieties of coarse commercial sponges, especially { Spongia equina}. { Cup sponge}, a toilet sponge growing in a cup- shaped form. { Glass sponge}. See { Glass- sponge}, in the Vocabulary. { Glove sponge}, a variety of commercial sponge ({ Spongia officinalis}, variety tubulifera), having very fine fibers, native of Florida, and the West Indies. { Grass sponge}, any one of several varieties of coarse commercial sponges having the surface irregularly tufted, as { Spongia graminea}, and { Spongia equina}, variety cerebriformis, of Florida and the West Indies. { Horse sponge}, a coarse commercial sponge, especially { Spongia equina}. { Platinum sponge}. ( Chem.) See under { Platinum}. { Pyrotechnical sponge}, a substance made of mushrooms or fungi, which are boiled in water, dried, and beaten, then put in a strong lye prepared with saltpeter, and again dried in an oven. This makes the black match, or tinder, brought from Germany. { Sheep' s- wool sponge}, a fine and durable commercial sponge ({ Spongia equina}, variety gossypina) found in Florida and the West Indies. The surface is covered with larger and smaller tufts, having the oscula between them. { Sponge cake}, a kind of sweet cake which is light and spongy. { Sponge lead}, or { Spongy lead} ( Chem.), metallic lead brought to a spongy form by reduction of lead salts, or by compressing finely divided lead; -- used in secondary batteries and otherwise. { Sponge tree} ( Bot.), a tropical leguminous tree ({ Acacia Farnesiana}), with deliciously fragrant flowers, which are used in perfumery. { Toilet sponge}, a very fine and superior variety of Mediterranean sponge ({ Spongia officinalis}, variety Mediterranea); -- called also { Turkish sponge}. { To set a sponge} ( Cookery), to leaven a small mass of flour, to be used in leavening a larger quantity. { To throw up the sponge}, to give up a contest; to acknowledge defeat; -- from a custom of the prize ring, the person employed to sponge a pugilist between rounds throwing his sponge in the air in token of defeat; -- now, { throw in the towel} is more common, and has the same origin and meaning. [ Cant or Slang] " He was too brave a man to throw up the sponge to fate." -- Lowell. { Vegetable sponge}. ( Bot.) See { Loof}. { Velvet sponge}, a fine, soft commercial sponge ({ Spongia equina}, variety meandriniformis) found in Florida and the West Indies. { Vitreous sponge}. See { Glass- sponge}. { Yellow sponge}, a common and valuable commercial sponge ({ Spongia agaricina}, variety corlosia) found in Florida and the West Indies. [ 1913 Webster]
Sponge \ Sponge\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Sponged} ( sp[ u^] njd); p. pr. & vb. n. { Sponging} ( sp[ u^] n" j[ i^] ng).] 1. To cleanse or wipe with a sponge; as, to sponge a slate or a cannon; to wet with a sponge; as, to sponge cloth. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of. -- Hooker. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Fig.: To deprive of something by imposition. " How came such multitudes of our nation . . . to be sponged of their plate and their money?" -- South. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Fig.: To get by imposition or mean arts without cost; as, to sponge a breakfast. -- Swift. [ 1913 Webster]
Sponge \ Sponge\, v. i. 1. To suck in, or imbibe, as a sponge. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: To gain by mean arts, by intrusion, or hanging on; as, an idler sponges on his neighbor. -- E. Eggleston. [ 1913 Webster] The fly is an intruder, and a common smell- feast, that sponges upon other people' s trenchers. -- L' Estrange. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast, or leaven. [ 1913 Webster] 370 Moby Thesaurus words for " sponge": Ace bandage, Band- Aid, Finnish bath, India rubber, Japanese bath, Loch Ness monster, Russian bath, Swedish bath, Turkish bath, ablution, absorb, absorbency, absorbent, absorption, adhesive tape, adsorb, adsorbent, adsorption, air, air- dry, alevin, anhydrate, application, asperge, assimilate, assimilation, bake, band, bandage, bandaging, baptize, barnacle, bath, bathe, batten on, beat, bedew, benthon, benthos, bespatter, besprinkle, bibber, binder, bloodsucker, blot, blot out, blot up, blotter, blotting, blotting paper, boozehound, boozer, bottle sucker, brace, brush, bubble, bum, burn, butter, cancel, cast, cataplasm, cetacean, chaff, chemisorb, chemisorption, chemosorb, chemosorption, chip, cleaning out, cobweb, colander, cold shower, compress, cork, cotton, court plaster, cravat, cribble, cribriformity, cribrosity, cross out, crush, cure, dabble, damp, dampen, dash, deadbeat, dehumidify, dehydrate, dele, delete, dental pulp, desiccate, dew, digest, digestion, dolphin, douche, douching, down, drain, dressing, drink, drink in, drink up, drunk, dry, dust, efface, elastic bandage, elbow bender, elution, elutriation, endosmosis, enema, engross, engrossment, epithem, eradicator, erase, eraser, ether, evaporate, exosmosis, expunge, expunger, exsiccate, fairy, fatten on, feather, feed on, filter in, fingerling, fire, fish, flue, fluff, flush, flush out, flushing, flushing out, foam, four- tailed bandage, freeload, freeloader, froth, fry, fuzz, game fish, gargle, gauze, ginhound, give, gossamer, grilse, guzzler, hanger- on, hip bath, holystone, honeycomb, hooch hound, hose, hose down, humect, humectate, humidify, hummum, imbibe, inebriate, infiltrate, infiltration, insolate, irrigate, irrigation, kiln, kipper, lather, lathering, launder, lavabo, lavage, lavation, lave, laving, leech, lint, live off of, lounge lizard, lush, lusher, man- eater, man- eating shark, marine animal, mash, minnow, minny, moisten, mop, mop up, mopping, mopping up, mote, mummify, mush, needle bath, nekton, net, obliterate, osmose, osmosis, paddle, panfish, paper pulp, parasite, parch, paste, percolate in, percolation, pith, plankton, plaster, plaster cast, pledget, plunge bath, porosity, porousness, porpoise, porridge, poultice, present, pudding, pulp, pulp lead, pulpwood, rag pulp, raze, riddle, rinse, rinse out, rinsing, ritually immerse, roller, roller bandage, rub, rub out, rubber, rubber bandage, rule out, rum hound, rummy, salmon, sauce, sauna, sauna bath, scorch, scour, scouring, scratch, scratch out, screen, scrub, scrub up, scrubbing, scrubbing up, sea monster, sea pig, sea serpent, sea snake, sear, seep in, seepage, shampoo, shark, shower, shower bath, shrivel, sieve, sievelikeness, sitz bath, sling, slobber, slop, slosh, sluice, sluice out, slurp up, smash, smell- feast, smoke, smolt, soak, soak in, soak up, soap, soaping, sorb, sorption, sot, souse, sparge, spatter, spiv, splash, splatter, splint, sponge bath, sponge on, sponge out, sponger, sponging, spray, sprinkle, spume, squash, stew, strainer, straw, strike out, stupe, sucker, sulfate pulp, sulfite pulp, sun, sun- dry, swab, swabbing, swash, sweat bath, swill up, swillbelly, swillbowl, swillpot, syringe, take in, take up, tampon, tape, tent, thistledown, tippler, toivel, torrefy, tourniquet, towel, triangular bandage, tropical fish, tub, wash, wash out, wash up, washing, washing up, washout, washup, water, weazen, wet, wet down, whale, whirlpool bath, white lead, wino, wipe, wipe out, wiping up, wither, wizen, wood pulp |
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