sop

[US]/sɒp/
[UK]/sɑp/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 用以慰藉或讨好某人的事物
vt. 将(面包等)在液体中蘸或浸泡
Word Forms
过去式sopped
第三人称单数sops
过去分词sopped
现在分词sopping
复数sops

Example Sentences

sop up the water with a towel

用毛巾吸水

he used some bread to sop up the sauce.

他用一些面包吸干了酱汁。

sop up water with a paper towel.

用纸巾把水吸干

my agent telephones as a sop but never finds me work.

我的代理人常给我打电话作为一种安慰,但从未为我找到过工作。

I'm not listening to a bunch of sorry sops phoning in and asking for Celine Dion pablum to ease their broken hearts.

我没有在对一束难过的泡打电话给听在而且要求 Celine Dion pablum 缓和他们的坏掉心。"

Real-world Examples

The series isn't a sop to conservative values, or at least it's not only that.

这部系列剧并不是为了迎合保守的价值观,或者至少不仅仅是这样。

Source: The Atlantic Monthly (Article Edition)

The Tory proposals look like a sop to them, ahead of an election.

在选举之前,保守党的提议看似安抚了他们。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

" It's better when there's stew to sop up, " said Lem.

" 蘸点肉汤会好一点。" 柠檬道。

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Ice and Rain (Bilingual)

Scarlett sopped the wheat cake in the gravy and put it in her mouth.

思嘉把烤饼放在肉汤里泡了泡,再拿起来吃。

Source: Gone with the Wind

Fern's sneakers were sopping by the time she caught up with her father.

等芬赶上她的爸爸时,她的运动胶鞋全都湿透了。

Source: Charlotte's Web

For Mr Ben Ali, and to a lesser extent Mr Mubarak, defending women's rights was a useful sop to the West.

对于本·阿里先生以及较小程度上的对于穆巴拉克先生来说,保卫女性权益是向西方国家示好的有利工具。

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

" Poor Charlotte will be sopped, " was Lucy's reply.

“可怜的夏洛特会被淋湿的,”露西回答道。

Source: The Room with a View (Part 1)

Emerging, from his goblet, coughing, sopping wet but still grinning, he saw something calculated to raise his spirits even higher.

他从杯子上抬起头,咳嗽着,脸上湿漉漉的,还带着笑,却又看到一件像是有意要让他兴致更高的事情。

Source: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

And sopped their gravy with his biscuits.

并用他的饼干蘸上肉汁。

Source: The heart is a lonely hunter.

'I used to sop bread down in the drops our Dad left.

“我过去常常用爸爸留下的水滴蘸面包。

Source: The heart is a lonely hunter.

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