sponging

Then, with a thrill of horror, he realized that someone was sponging his forehead in the dark.

紧接着，他惊恐地意识到有人在黑暗中用海绵擦拭他的额头。

It' s a shame to go on sponging on your parents like this.

你这样继续依赖父母生活是可耻的。

David kept sponging from his friend Jack, though he knew well that Jack's money wouldn't last for ever.

大卫明知他朋友杰克的钱是有限的，但他仍然不断揩他的油。

Unlike sponging, however, in which dolphins use sponges to find fishes hiding in mud, conching isn't yet widespread in Shark Bay.

然而，与海豚利用海绵捕捉藏在泥中鱼类的海绵捕食法不用，海螺捕食法在鲨鱼湾分布并不广泛。

To prevent people from "sponging off" of their neighbors, he insisted, "we are going to have to have these kinds of things. "

为了防止人们太依赖他人，他坚称“我们一定要经历一些这类事件。”

Lynette: Not like you, spending the last 15 years sponging off a rich guy.

丽奈特：不像你，花费15年的青春傍上一个有钱的老公。

He's done no work for years, and lives by sponging on his relations.

他几年没有做事，依赖亲戚过日子。

That lazybones has been sponging off his brother for years.

那个懒汉多年来一直靠兄弟养活他。

What a strange device, similar to a big microphone? Maybe for sponging planes?

多么奇怪的设备，类似于一个大的麦克风？也许是用来擦拭飞机的？

My father is a friendly, though misguided, man, but I felt that he was unfairly sponging off my mother before I found this out.

父亲是一个好人，尽管他误入了歧途，在我发现这件事之前，我觉得他是过着一个依附于妈妈的寄生虫般的生活。

Why else would I be sponging butt prints off my stool?

不然为什么我要自找麻烦呢？

You've got to go out and get a job! Stop sponging off your family!

你该出去找份工作啦！不要一直在家当米虫！