sponge

海绵、菜瓜布

She wiped the table with a damp sponge after dinner.

晚餐后她用湿海绵把桌子擦干净。

海绵动物、海绵

Sponges attach themselves to rocks on the ocean floor.

海绵动物会附著在海底的岩石上。

海绵蛋糕英式

She baked a light sponge filled with cream and strawberries.

她烤了一个夹著鲜奶油和草莓的松软海绵蛋糕。

寄生虫、揩油的人口语，贬义

He's been a sponge since he moved back home.

他搬回家住之后就一直在吃家里的。

用海绵擦、擦拭

The nurse sponged his forehead with cool water.

护理师用冷水替他擦拭额头。

擦掉、抹去

He sponged the diagram off the whiteboard before class.

上课前他把白板上的图表擦掉了。

白拿、揩油口语，贬义

He sponges money from his friends and never pays it back.

他老是跟朋友拿钱，而且从来不还。

白吃白住、依赖、揩油口语，贬义

He's thirty and still sponging off his parents.

他都三十岁了，还在靠父母养。