sponge up

• Фразовый глагол, означающий впитывать или вбирать жидкость, а в переносном смысле — усваивать информацию или знания.

A phrasal verb meaning to absorb or soak up liquid, or figuratively to absorb information or knowledge.

uncountable · transitive · phrasal, separable

1. Absorb liquidinformal

   To soak up or absorb a liquid using a sponge or similar material.

   Впитывать жидкость

   • Use a cloth to sponge up the spilled milk.
   • He sponged up the water from the floor.
   • She quickly sponged up the juice before it stained the carpet.

   Synonymsabsorbblotmop upsoak upsop upsuck uptake up

2. Learn quicklyinformal

   To absorb information or knowledge rapidly and easily.

   Впитывать

   • Children sponge up new languages effortlessly.
   • She sponged up all the details from the lecture.
   • He sponged up the instructions in just a few minutes.

   Synonymsabsorbassimilateimbibepick upsoak uptake in

Base verbsponge