英语词汇“sap”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

sap¹

(săp)

a. The watery fluid that circulates through a plant, carrying food and other substances to the various tissues.

b. See cell sap.

2. Health and energy; vitality: The constant bickering drained his sap away.

3. Slang A foolish or gullible person.

tr.v. sapped, sap·ping, saps

1. To drain (a tree, for example) of sap.

2. To deplete or weaken gradually: The noisy children sapped all my energy. The flu sapped him of his strength. See Synonyms at deplete.

[Middle English, from Old English sæp. V., sense 2, probably partly from SAP² (taken as "to weaken (resistance) as by draining of sap.").]

单词	sap
释义	sap¹ (săp) n. 1. a. The watery fluid that circulates through a plant, carrying food and other substances to the various tissues. b. See cell sap. 2. Health and energy; vitality: The constant bickering drained his sap away. 3. Slang A foolish or gullible person. tr.v. sapped, sap·ping, saps 1. To drain (a tree, for example) of sap. 2. To deplete or weaken gradually: The noisy children sapped all my energy. The flu sapped him of his strength. See Synonyms at deplete. [Middle English, from Old English sæp. V., sense 2, probably partly from SAP² (taken as "to weaken (resistance) as by draining of sap.").]
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