spongy
海棉,海棉的,海棉质,海棉状的
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spon·gi·er, spon·gi·est.
- : of the nature of or resembling a sponge; light, porous, and elastic or readily compressible, as pith or bread.
- : having the absorbent characteristics of a sponge; absorbing or holding liquid or yielding liquid when pressed.
- : of or relating to a sponge.
- : lacking in firmness or solidity: spongy wood; a spongy feeling from the car brakes.
- : moist and soft; soggy: spongy ground.
- : porous but hard, as bone.
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Examples
It’s a rare backpacking treat, with no roads, signs, or designated campsites—but plenty of rough and spongy backcountry tundra.
Within xylem, sap is pulled like a string, caught in a tug-of-war between spongy soil and airy leaves.
Neuroscience is moving towards a “holistic conception of health” that considers the brain’s functions in concert with our other spongy, slippery organs, rather than as a separate entity studied alone in a jar.
One used tubular structures and the other spongy tissue structures to help deliver cell nutrients and remove waste.
We butterflied the penis, slicing the shaft neatly in half to reveal the spongy tissue within.
The half-circle of bread gets squeezed open to become a pocket like a huge, spongy pita.
But last fall it seemed as if the spongy, sickly-sweet confections would disappear from the face of the earth.
The tenderloin is rare when soft and spongy, and it becomes firmer as it reaches medium to well done.
The wood of the tree pandans is too spongy and soft to make a good material for the construction of houses.
The stone is the soft spongy limestone which abounds on this coast, and I may add, through most of Palestine.
Prepare the crabs by removing the apron and the spongy substance under the shell of each crab.