Children are linguistic sponges, but this doesn't mean that cursory exposure is enough.

儿童语言可塑性较强，但这并不意味着粗略地接触就足够。

I think it might be time for my sponge bath.

我想该是擦海棉澡时候了。

His brain felt like a wrung sponge.

他大脑像是一块海绵。

Hey, Bec. Hey, sponge down, sponge down.

小贝，把海绵放下，放下。

As a child, you're a sponge, you learn what you're shown.

孩童时期你，就像一块吸水海绵，看到么你就会学么。

Sponges look like veins across the faces.

海绵动物看起来像脸上血管。

The brain of a toddler is like a sponge, hungry for knowledge.

幼儿大脑就像一块吸水海绵，会大量汲取知。

Wetlands are like giant sponges and store water from floods.

湿地就像是巨大海绵，汲取洪水中水分。

They might have even been a sponge.

它们甚至可能是一种海绵。

So, they act, kind of, like a sponge.

因此有点像海绵。

You notice how the water went right through the sponge.

你会注意到水是如何直接穿过海绵。

And it can also be used as a verb–to sponge off someone.

这个词也可以用作动词，揩某人油。

Because there had been a scorpion hiding underneath the sponge. And it stung me.

有一只蝎子藏在了沐浴海绵下面，然后它叮了我。

These are crisp biscuity bites of dry sponge cake.

这些是海绵蛋糕酥脆饼小块。

And there is more to such ecosystems than simply acting as sponges for greenhouse gasses.

这样生态系统不仅仅能够充当温室气体海绵。

They are sponges remember, mushrooms. They're smoky, piggy, fatty.

它们是海绵，记住，蘑菇是海绵。它们有烟熏味，猪肉味，猪油味。

That can also be a pudding, perhaps steamed but it is sponge based.

那也可以是布丁，也许是蒸，但它是海绵做。

He tried to sponge on his uncle for living expenses.

他想向伯父敲取生活费。

Beside of those chemicals, I use sponges cloth, broom, and mop.

除了那些化学用品，我还用了海绵、布、扫帚和拖把。

I was just kind of the sponge.

我就像海绵一样。