sop
/sɒp/ (bre, ipa) · [sˈɑp] /sɑːp/ (ame, ipa) · [sˈɑp] /ˈsäp/ (ame, mw)
sop — 名詞
- sopsingular
- sopsplural
1. a small thing you give to angry or upset people so they stop complaining, even t
安撫小惠
為平息不滿而給的小好處
a small thing you give to angry or upset people so they stop complaining, even though it does not really fix the problem.
The free coffee was just a sop to passengers whose flight was delayed for hours.
免費咖啡只是給航班延誤好幾個小時的乘客的一點安撫。
a sop to someone (the people you try to calm)
Critics called the small pay rise a sop to nurses who wanted far better wages.
評論者說那點微薄的加薪只是用來安撫想要好得多薪水的護理師。
a sop to + group being placated
The new park was a sop to local families angry about the noisy new factory.
那座新公園是用來安撫對吵鬧新工廠不滿的當地家庭。
The manager handed out free pens as a cheap sop to the underpaid warehouse staff.
經理發送免費原子筆，當作給薪資過低的倉庫員工的廉價安撫。
The mayor planted a few trees as a sop to families living beside the dump.
市長種了幾棵樹，當作給住在垃圾場旁邊的家庭的安撫。
- concession
more neutral; something given up to settle an argument, without the 'too small to matter' hint
- bribe
stronger and clearly dishonest; a sop is offered openly, a bribe is hidden
文法句型
a sop to someone
a sop to something
用法筆記
Often followed by 'to' plus the person or group being calmed. Carries a critical tone — the speaker usually thinks the gift is too small or not sincere.
常見錯誤
2. a piece of bread or other solid food that you soak in soup, sauce, or another li
蘸湯食物
浸在湯或醬汁裡再吃的食物
a piece of bread or other solid food that you soak in soup, sauce, or another liquid before eating it.
Yuki tore off a sop of bread and pushed it into the warm tomato soup.
Yuki 撕下一塊麵包，把它推進溫熱的番茄湯裡。
a sop of bread (the dipped piece)
The old recipe ends with a soft sop of bread resting in warm milk.
那道老食譜的最後，是一塊軟麵包泡在溫牛奶裡。
Each child was handed a sop of cake that had been dipped in sweet tea.
每個小孩都拿到一塊在甜茶裡蘸過的蛋糕。
At the table, Caleb fished a dripping sop of bread out of the gravy.
在餐桌上，Caleb 從肉汁裡撈出一塊滴著汁的麵包。
A single sop of stale bread floated in the bowl of thin onion broth.
一塊不新鮮的麵包浮在那碗稀薄的洋蔥湯裡。
- dipper
informal; a piece of food meant for dipping, used in everyday speech where 'sop' would sound old
文法句型
a sop of bread
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1 (a calming gift): this is a literal food sense and almost always names a food plus the liquid it sits in. It is old-fashioned and rare in modern English.
sop — 動詞
- soppresent simple I / you / we / they
- sops3rd person singular
- sopping-ing form
- soppedpast simple
1. to put a piece of food or cloth into a liquid for a moment so that it takes the
蘸；浸
把食物或布短暫泡進液體
to put a piece of food or cloth into a liquid for a moment so that it takes the liquid in.
Ritu sopped a corner of bread in the spicy curry and ate it slowly.
Ritu 把一角麵包蘸進辣咖哩裡，然後慢慢吃掉。
sop something in something
The cook sopped a clean rag in warm water to wipe down the messy stove.
廚師把一塊乾淨的抹布浸到溫水裡，用來擦拭髒亂的爐子。
sop + cloth + in liquid
At dinner, Caio sopped the last crust in the rich brown gravy on his plate.
晚餐時，Caio 把最後一塊麵包皮蘸進盤裡濃郁的褐色肉汁。
Noa sopped a thick slice of bread in the green olive oil on the plate.
Noa 把一塊厚麵包蘸進盤裡那綠色的橄欖油中。
Pim sopped a flat sponge in the bucket and started cleaning the kitchen floor.
Pim 把一塊扁海綿浸到水桶裡，開始清理廚房地板。
- dip
more common and shorter; 'dip' is quick, 'sop' suggests the food sits long enough to take in liquid
文法句型
sop something in something
sop up something
用法筆記
Object is usually bread, cloth, or a sponge; the liquid follows 'in'. Often appears as 'sop up' when the point is to soak liquid off a surface.
常見錯誤
2. to make something completely wet, or to become completely wet, so that the liqui
浸濕；濕透
讓某物或自己完全濕透
to make something completely wet, or to become completely wet, so that the liquid goes all the way through it.
Heavy rain sopped the campers' tents until water dripped from the inside walls.
大雨把露營者的帳篷淋得濕透，水從內牆滴了下來。
X sopped Y (made Y fully wet)
By the time Christopher reached his car, the storm had sopped his thin jacket.
等到 Christopher 走到車邊，暴雨已經把他那件薄外套淋濕了。
The spilled bucket sopped the carpet, leaving a wide dark patch on the floor.
打翻的水桶把地毯浸濕，在地板上留下一大塊深色的痕跡。
Sweat had sopped through the runner's shirt by the end of the long race.
長跑結束時，汗水已經浸透了跑者的襯衫。
The towels lay sopped on the bathroom floor after the bathtub overflowed.
浴缸溢出後，濕透的毛巾攤在浴室地板上。
- dry
to remove all the liquid instead of adding it
文法句型
be sopped with something
sop through something
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1 (a brief dip): here the thing ends up fully soaked, not just touched to a liquid. Frequently passive ('be sopped') or with 'through'.