They were getting drenched by icy water...是什么意思？

They were getting drenched by icy water...

他们被冰冷的水浇透了。

they

pron. 他/她/它们，人们，大家，政府，当局，她们；

例句
The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn.
他们绕过合恩角时，暴风雨已经减弱。

were

be的过去时复数和第二人称单数形式，有时代替 was,用于条件从句、动词 wish 之后等；

例句
Shops, houses, and vehicles were set ablaze.
店铺、房子和车辆全都陷于火海。

getting

n. 获得（物），利益；v. 得到( get的现在分词 )，抓住，说服，受到（惩罚等）；

例句
Despite considerable pain she has been getting out and about almost as normal...
尽管还很痛，她已经基本上行动如常。

drenched

adj. 湿透的，充满的；v. 使湿透( drench的过去式和过去分词 )，在某人（某物）上大量使用（某液体）；

例句
They turned fire hoses on the people and drenched them...
他们将消防水管对着人们，把他们浇了个透。

by

prep. 在…旁边，表示方式，由于，经过；adv. 经过，表示保留或保存时用，短暂拜访；

例句
...expensive make-up that we saw being advertised by a beautiful model...
我们所见的由一位漂亮模特代言的昂贵化妆品

icy

adj. 寒冷的，冰冷的，结冰的，冷冰冰的，不友好的；

例句
He braced himself for the icy plunge into the black water...
他做好了准备要跳进冰冷的脏水里。

water

n. 水，雨水，海水，海域；v. 给…浇水，供以水，加水稀释，流泪；

例句
...a licence to abstract water from the River Axe...
从阿克斯河中抽水的许可证