vt. 使湿透, 使充满

n. 滂沱大雨, 弄湿

[医] 兽用顿服药

Drench \Drench\, n. [AS. drenc. See {Drench}, v. t.]
A drink; a draught; specifically, a potion of medicine poured
or forced down the throat; also, a potion that causes
purging. ``A drench of wine.'' --Dryden.

Give my roan horse a drench. --Shak.


Drench \Drench\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drenched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Drenching}.] [AS. drencan to give to drink, to drench, the
causal of drincan to drink; akin to D. drenken, Sw.
dr["a]nka, G. tr["a]nken. See {Drink}.]
1. To cause to drink; especially, to dose by force; to put a
potion down the throat of, as of a horse; hence. to purge
violently by physic.

As ``to fell,'' is ``to make to fall,'' and ``to
lay,'' to make to lie.'' so ``to drench,'' is ``to
make to drink.'' --Trench.

2. To steep in moisture; to wet thoroughly; to soak; to
saturate with water or other liquid; to immerse.

Now dam the ditches and the floods restrain;
Their moisture has already drenched the plain.
--Dryden.


Drench \Drench\, n. [AS. dreng warrior, soldier, akin to Icel.
drengr.] (O. Eng. Law)
A military vassal mentioned in Domesday Book. [Obs.]
--Burrill.