sponges的中文翻譯是什麼意思

N-COUNT海綿;人造海綿

Sponge is 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.

• ...a sponge mattress.

  海綿床墊

N-COUNT海綿(一種海洋動物，體圓而柔軟)

A sponge is a sea animal with a soft round body made of natural sponge.

N-COUNT(洗澡或清潔用的)海綿塊

A sponge is a piece of sponge that you use for washing yourself or for cleaning things.

• He wiped off the table with a sponge.

  他用一塊海綿擦桌子。

VERB用溼海綿擦拭

If you sponge something, you clean it by wiping it with a wet sponge.

• Fill a bowl with water and gently sponge your face and body.

  在一隻盆裡放上水，輕輕地用蘸溼的海綿擦拭你的面部及身體。

N-VAR海綿蛋糕;鬆軟布丁

A sponge is a light cake or pudding made from flour, eggs, sugar, and sometimes fat.

• It makes a superb filling for cakes and sponges.

  它非常適合做蛋糕和軟布丁的餡兒。

VERB揩…的油;靠…養活

If you say that someone sponges off other people or sponges on them, you mean that they regularly get money from other people when they should be trying to support themselves.

• He should just get an honest job and stop sponging off the rest of us!...

  他應該找一份正當的工作，不要再揩我們這些人的油了！

• He spent his life grumbling about missed opportunities and sponging on his father for money.

  他一輩子都在抱怨失去的機會，並一直伸手向自己的父親要錢。