sponge
英 [sp?n(d)?]
美[sp?nd?]
- vt. 抹掉；用海綿擦拭；討得
- vi. 采集海綿；過寄生生活；海綿般地吸收
- n. 海綿；海綿狀物
英英釋意
- 1. a porous mass of interlacing fibers the 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"
- 3. a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
- 4. primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies