sink in

phrasal verb

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sink in

(of words, an event, etc.話語、事情等) to be fully understood or realized被完全理解；被充分意識到
- He paused to allow his words to sink in.他停了一下，好讓人充分領會他的意思。
- The full scale of the disaster has yet to sink in.人們還沒有完全意識到這場災難的嚴重程度。
- It took a moment for the implications of what she was saying to sink in.過了一會兒，她說的話的含義才被理解。
(also sink into something)
(of liquids液體) to go down into another substance through the surface滲透；滲入
- The rain sank into the dry ground.雨水滲進了幹地裏。