Sop

[sɒp] or [sɑp]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a concession given to mollify or placate; 'the offer was a sop to my feelings'.

(noun.) piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid.

(verb.) dip into liquid; 'sop bread into the sauce'.

(verb.) be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid.

(verb.) give a conciliatory gift or bribe to.

布赖恩特編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) Anything steeped, or dipped and softened, in any liquid; especially, something dipped in broth or liquid food, and intended to be eaten.

(v. t.) Anything given to pacify; -- so called from the sop given to Cerberus, as related in mythology.

(v. t.) A thing of little or no value.

(v. t.) To steep or dip in any liquid.

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同義詞及近義詞：

n. Something to pacify, tub to the whale.

校對:雷明顿

解釋/意思:

n. anything dipped or soaked esp. in soup to be eaten: anything given to satisfy or quieten.—v.t. to steep in liquor: to take up by absorption (with up).—v.i. to soak in percolate: to be soaked:—pr.p. sop′ping; pa.t. and pa.p. sopped.—n. Sop- Sops- in-wine (Spens.) a flower resembling a carnation.

校對:莱斯利