英语单词

sup是什么意思

sup

英 [sʌp] 美 [sʌp]
  • vt. 招待…吃晚饭;呷,啜
  • vi. 啜饮;吃晚饭
  • n. 一口,少量
  • n. (Sup)人名;(捷)苏普

助记提示


1. soup (汤) => sup => sop => sip.

中文词源


sup 喝,吸,啜,抿

来自古英语 supan,喝,吸,品尝,来自 Proto-Germanic*supanan,喝,吸,来自 PIE*sub,来自 PIE*seue,汁液,液体,词源同 sip,sop,soup.常用于形容小口喝,吸,啜,抿等。

sup 吃晚饭

古义用法,来自古法语 soper,用餐,就餐,通常为把面包片浸在浓汤里面吃,来自 soupe,浓 汤,词源同 soup.

英文词源


sup (v.1)
"eat the evening meal," c. 1300, from Old French super, soper "dine, sup, dip bread in soup or wine, sop up" (Modern French souper), which probably is from soupe "broth" (see soup), until recently still the traditional evening meal of French workers.
sup (v.2)
"to sip, to take into the mouth with the lips," Old English supan (West Saxon), suppan, supian (Northumbrian) "to sip, taste, drink, swallow" (strong verb, past tense seap, past participle sopen), from Proto-Germanic *supanan (cognates: Old Norse supa "to sip, drink," Middle Low German supen, Dutch zuipen "to drink, tipple," Old High German sufan, German saufen "to drink, booze"), from PIE *sub-, possibly an extended form of root *seue- (2) "to take liquid" (cognates: Sanskrit sunoti "presses out juice," soma; Avestan haoma, Persian hom "juice;" Greek huetos "rain," huein "to rain;" Latin sugere "to suck," succus "juice, sap;" Lithuanian sula "flowing sap;" Old Church Slavonic soku "sap," susati "suck;" Middle Irish suth "sap;" Old English seaw "sap").

双语例句


1. He had been invited to sup with a colleague and his wife.
他已经受邀和一位同事及其夫人共进晚餐。

来自柯林斯例句

2. You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk.
不能既想卖乳牛,又想喝牛奶.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. "Even the President's staunchest sup-porters have some issues where they simply must break ranks," says Senator Lott.
“即使是总统最忠实的拥护者在某些事情上也会不听指令,”参议员洛特说。

来自柯林斯例句

4. " Why, robbers, of course -- who'd you reckon? Sunday - school sup'rintendents? "
“ 嘿, 你想还会有谁? 当然是强盗们喽 —— 难道是主日学校的校长不成? ”

来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险

5. It takes a long spoon to sup with him.
和他打交道要小心.

来自辞典例句

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