bap

/bæp/ (bre, ipa) · /bæp/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈbap/ (ame, mw)

1.名詞B1

釋義

a soft bread roll with a round shape, often sliced open and filled with meat, cheese, or other savoury ingredients

例句

Zayd toasted a soft bap and filled it with cheese and tomato for his lunch.

collocation: toasted bap / filled with [ingredients]

The baker put four warm baps in a paper bag for Wei to take home.

passive: baps put [in container] for [someone]

同義詞

roll
the general term used across the UK and US for a small round bread
bun
a slightly sweeter, softer bread roll; more common in US English
barm cake
a regional term for a soft bread roll, used mainly in Northern England

Primarily used in Scotland and Northern England. In other parts of the UK, words like roll, bun, or barm cake are more common.

❌I bought a bap of bread at the store.

✅I bought a bap at the store.

💡'bap' already means one piece of bread; do not add 'of bread'.

1.名詞B2

釋義

a short written form of the word Baptist, used in the name of a church or in the title of a church leader

例句

The sermon was given by Rev. D. L. Thomas, a Bap. minister from Texas.

abbreviation in title: Bap. minister

Evelyn attends the Hillcrest Bap. Church on Sunday mornings.

abbreviation in church name

Usually written with a period (Bap.) in formal writing. In everyday speech, the full word Baptist is used instead.

bap — noun