sop

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

Translation

n. 用以慰藉或討好某人的事物
vt. 將(麪包等)在液體中蘸或浸泡
Word Forms
過去式sopped
第三人稱單數sops
過去分詞sopped
現在分詞sopping
複數sops

Example Sentences

sop up the water with a towel

用毛巾吸水

he used some bread to sop up the sauce.

他用一些麪包吸乾了醬汁。

sop up water with a paper towel.

用紙巾把水吸乾

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

我的代理人常給我打電話作爲一種安慰,但從未爲我找到過工作。

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

我沒有在對一束難過的泡打電話給聽在而且要求 Celine Dion <b>pablum</b> 緩和他們的壞掉心。"

Real-world Examples

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

這部系列劇並不是爲了迎合保守的價值觀,或者至少不僅僅是這樣。

Source: The Atlantic Monthly (Article Edition)

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

在選舉之前,保守黨的提議看似安撫了他們。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

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

" 蘸點肉湯會好一點。" 檸檬道。

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.

思嘉把烤餅放在肉湯裏泡了泡,再拿起來喫。

Source: Gone with the Wind

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

等芬趕上她的爸爸時,她的運動膠鞋全都溼透了。

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.

對於本·阿里先生以及較小程度上的對於穆巴拉克先生來說,保衛女性權益是向西方國家示好的有利工具。

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

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

“可憐的夏洛特會被淋溼的,”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.

他從杯子上抬起頭,咳嗽着,臉上溼漉漉的,還帶着笑,卻又看到一件像是有意要讓他興致更高的事情。

Source: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

And sopped their gravy with his biscuits.

並用他的餅乾蘸上肉汁。

Source: The heart is a lonely hunter.

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

“我過去常常用爸爸留下的水滴蘸麪包。

Source: The heart is a lonely hunter.

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