Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Soaked, drenched, thoroughly wet: Describes something that is extremely wet, having absorbed a large amount of liquid to the point of being saturated.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Quần áo tôi ướt đẫm sau cơn mưa. (My clothes were soaked after the rain.)
  • Cánh đồng ướt đẫm sương sớm. (The field was drenched in morning dew.)
  • Mồ hôi ướt đẫm chiếc áo của vận động viên. (Sweat soaked the athlete's shirt.)

Advanced Usage

• "Ướt đẫm nước mắt": drenched in tears.
  • Gương mặt cô ấy ướt đẫm nước mắt. (Her face was drenched in tears.)
• "Ướt đẫm máu": soaked in blood.
  • Chiếc khăn ướt đẫm máu. (The towel was soaked in blood.)

Variants and Related Words

• Ướt (adj): wet. This is the base adjective, while "ướt đẫm" implies a much higher degree of wetness.
  • Tường bị ướt. (The wall is wet.)
• Đẫm (adj/verb): soaked, saturated. Often used in literary contexts.
  • Lá cây đẫm sương. (The leaves are heavy with dew.)
• Sũng nước (adj): waterlogged, sodden. Often refers to ground or materials holding excessive water.
  • Con đường sũng nước sau lũ. (The road was waterlogged after the flood.)

Synonyms

• Thấm đẫm: permeated, imbued (often used for liquids or abstract concepts like emotions).
  • Tấm vải thấm đẫm nước. (The cloth is permeated with water.)
• Tẩm ướt: impregnated, moistened (can imply a deliberate act of wetting).
  • Miếng bọt biển được tẩm ướt. (The sponge was impregnated with water.)
• Đầm đìa: dripping wet, sopping wet (often emphasizes visible droplets or streams of liquid).
  • Người lính đầm đìa mồ hôi. (The soldier was dripping with sweat.)

Related Phrases

• Ướt như chuột lột: (Idiom) As wet as a drowned rat; completely soaked.
  • Về đến nhà, anh ấy ướt như chuột lột. (When he got home, he was as wet as a drowned rat.)

Notes on Meaning

• Literal Meaning: The primary meaning is physical, describing an object or person thoroughly saturated with liquid (water, sweat, rain, dew, blood).
• Figurative/Literary Use: It can be used metaphorically to describe being filled or overwhelmed with an abstract quality, though this is less common than the literal use. For example, "ướt đẫm ân tình" (steeped in gratitude) is a poetic construction.

adj

1. soaked