soak

• vt.吸収する、吸い込む；（仕事や勉強に）没頭する；......を上下に濡らす
• vi.浸る；浸透する
• n.浸る；濡れる；大雨が降る

古英語のsocian「浸す」、文字通り「吸う」、原ゲルマン語*sukana「吸う」、PIE*sug「吸う」、PIE*seue「ジュース、液体」、suck「スープ」から。

soak

soak: [OE] Soak and suck come from the same ultimate source, the prehistoric Germanic base *suk-. It appears to have been a fairly late Germanic formation, for its only known immediate relative is West Frisian soken or zoken ‘soak’.
=> suck

soak (v.)

Old English socian (intransitive) "to soak, to lie in liquid," from Proto-Germanic *sukon (cognates: West Flemish soken), possibly from PIE *sug-, from root *seue- (2) "to take liquid" (see sup (v.2)). Transitive sense "drench, permeate thoroughly" is from mid-14c.; that of "cause to lie in liquid" is from early 15c. Meaning "take up by absorption" is from 1550s. Slang meaning "to overcharge" first recorded 1895. Related: Soaked; soaking. As a noun, mid-15c., from the verb.

1. There 'll be ample opportunity to relax，swim and soak up some sun.

リラックス、水泳、日光浴に十分な機会があります。

2.What I need is to soak in a hot tub.

熱々の湯船にゆっくり浸かる必要があります。

3.I was having a long soak in the bath.

私はバスタブに長い間浸かっていました。

4. Soak the walnuts in brine for four or five days.

くるみを塩水に4、5日間浸す。

5.The cells will promptly start to soak up moisture.

細胞はすぐに水分を吸収し始めます。