沾[zhān]

动

1. moisten; wet; soak

♦ 泪~襟 tears wet the front of one's jacket

2. be stained with

♦ ~水 get wet

♦ ~上了泥 be stained with mud

3. touch

♦ 他跑得真快, 脚不~地似的。 He ran so fast that his feet seemed hardly to touch the ground.

♦ 烟酒不~ touch neither tobacco nor alcohol

4. get sth. out of association with sb. or sth.

♦ ~点便宜 get a bargain