if someone or something gets a soaking, they get very wet 浸泡;湿透
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soaking• At this rate it was more than an airing it was getting, it was a soaking.• Yanto's already wet head and shoulders received another soaking as it hit the water.• We all got a good soaking on the water slides.• They take eighteen hours all told, including the overnightsoaking.• Liquid formulations are also produced for tanksoaking of carbonised utensils.• An example is the soaking of equipment in an attempt to reduce bacterial loading.• The starch in her collar had gone limp with the soaking.• Below his raincoat his trousers showed the damp, and his shoes were lustreless from their soaking.