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单词 soupy
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Definition of soupy in English:

soupy

adjectivesoupier, soupiest ˈsuːpiˈsupi
  • 1Having the appearance or consistency of soup.

    a soupy stew
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The curries came in huge bowls, full of chicken, beancurd and vegetables in a creamy, soupy sauce, infused with the very best of Thai flavourings: coconut, limes and chilli.
    • If you're using stock, bring it to the boil in a pan with the split peas, ears and onions, and then simmer until the peas are soft and cooked to a thick soupy consistency.
    • The seafood linguine is laden with clams, shrimp and cubes of fish, while the risotto con funghi, infused with porcini mushrooms, walks the line between soupy and solid admirably.
    • After 30 minutes, I'll admit it was still soupy but that's because it required post-mixing freezing.
    • David's penne pasta with mussels and potato was soupy, although not a soup as such.
    • But shrimp was in short supply, and the soupy plate of noodles was pretty much just that.
    • You want it to have the consistency of a loose, soupy stock.
    • Sliced down its back, expunged of all offending bones and barely deep fried, the white meat is flavorful and tender, blending nicely with the bed of somewhat soupy tomato-spiked polenta and deep green and garlicky broccoli rabe.
    • I stared at Tavis' untouched cup of coffee, which looked rather dark and soupy.
    • After about 50 minutes of cooking in the oven, it somehow got soupy despite the lesser amount of liquid used - it might have been vegetables that had given out extra liquid.
    • They were miniature little cheese raviolis in a soupy cream sauce with chives.
    • You will need floury potatoes such as King Edwards that break down during the cooking, and you may need to mash a few of them at the end to thicken the liquid into a sweet, soupy stew.
    • It was more soupy than thick and meaty, the nicely spiced broth containing translucent noodles, thin strips of beef, bean sprouts and whole green onions that were almost sweet.
    • Mix the grout to a soupy consistency, and pour it onto the counters.
    • Depending on the proportion of water to volcanic material, mudflows can range from soupy floods to thick flows that have the consistency of wet cement.
    • Foods need to be fresh, not processed, served warmed, very soupy, and moist in consistency.
    • Add the lentils, tomatoes and water, and cook at a gentle simmer for 40 minutes or until tender, adding more water if necessary to keep it thick and soupy.
    • Here I use it again, not only to warm up a soupy Mediterranean vegetable stew with chickpeas and fennel, but also to add a little chutzpah to the fish.
    • If you, like me, aren't regularly cooking for a crowd, you may be tempted to toss aside this recipe, assuming that this delicate, soupy stuff won't make for good leftovers.
    • Most of the other meals are priced around $10, with the exception of some seafood specialties, like parihuela, a soupy stew full of mussels, shrimp, squid and fish that's similar to bouillabaisse.
    Synonyms
    misty, smoggy, hazy, overcast, murky, gloomy, grey, dark, dim, dingy, dull
    1. 1.1 (of the air or climate) humid.
      a soupy July morning
      the soupy air
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The day began with a Biblical downpour, and concludes with the same; in between, a blaring sun and soupy air.
      • The trainer said the workout served as preparation for the soupy conditions they will most likely face on Saturday.
      • There's only one thing for it - we head back to the Music Box Theater and, despite the soupy heat, end up perched on fragile chairs beneath the creaking stage.
      • As temperatures reached 118F in the Tallahatchie County courthouse on the afternoon of September 19, 1955, the two small ceiling fans did little to stir the stifling, soupy heat.
      • The languid, soupy air mass surrounded us and wrapped us in its stifling grip.
      • The air is warm and soupy and prickles my shoulders as I wait.
      Synonyms
      muggy, close, sultry, sticky, steamy, oppressive, airless, stifling, suffocating, stuffy, clammy, heavy, fuggy, like a turkish bath, like a sauna
    2. 1.2informal Mawkishly sentimental.
      soupy nostalgia
      Example sentencesExamples
      • At a time when they were still singing soupy Victorian hymns in churches, this choir performed relatively modem music.
      • You will come out of this, emerge from it, rise above it, and it may sound soupy to say so, but it just happens, or rather, we make such things happen.
      • Inevitably, however, the movie does not have the courage of its cynical convictions and in the final reel reverts to a soupy and unconvincing idealism about the system's essential decency.
      • In the first movement the oboe introduces the melody, quasi-ironic in its soupy neo-Romanticism, almost crass except that it avoids predictability, and is counterpointed.
      • The production sounds a little soupy here, but I think it really adds to the song if you can understand that.
      • We went to see My Fair Lady, thus indulging my love of soupy musicals - what can I say?
      • I was genuinely excited by it in a way that I hadn't been by the soupy mess of the last couple of episodes.
      Synonyms
      mawkish, over-sentimental, overemotional, cloying, sickly, saccharine, sugary, sugar-coated, syrupy

Derivatives

  • soupily

  • adverb
    • The audience expected a laugh and I gave it to them, gliding up and down on the strings, playing the slow parts soupily and with mock solemnity, then dashing away hectically in the fast stuff.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • At last, a good poem that does not rhyme soupily and is not sing-song.
      • I found him hunkered with his nightmares in the soupily humid town of Bangor, in the American State of Maine.
      • It's a hot, sticky night, and air shifts soupily around the venue, sapping the energy and breaking sweat across a couple of dozen foreheads without exertion.
      • It is a soupily warm Friday afternoon in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, on the day the Olympic torch reaches the former host city, en route to Athens.
  • soupiness

  • noun
    • I didn't really notice either the coolness or the dampness or the soupiness this dark, foggy morning.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Yellow corn tends to thicken the dish a lot, while white corn gives a certain soupiness that I prefer.
      • Toss the vermicelli in the sauce for a couple of minutes, until the pasta is cooked through and dressed with the sauce and there's no soupiness in the pan.
      • The soupiness was welcome because it was always served with homemade cornbread or sometimes bread and butter, good for sopping up any leftover liquid.
      • A quick jolt in the microwave will restore its soft unctuousness, even if its soupiness is gone.

Rhymes

croupy, droopy, goopy, groupie, loopy, pupae, roupy, snoopy, Tupi
 
 

Definition of soupy in US English:

soupy

adjectiveˈso͞opēˈsupi
  • 1Having the appearance or consistency of soup.

    a soupy stew
    Example sentencesExamples
    • You will need floury potatoes such as King Edwards that break down during the cooking, and you may need to mash a few of them at the end to thicken the liquid into a sweet, soupy stew.
    • Mix the grout to a soupy consistency, and pour it onto the counters.
    • If you're using stock, bring it to the boil in a pan with the split peas, ears and onions, and then simmer until the peas are soft and cooked to a thick soupy consistency.
    • I stared at Tavis' untouched cup of coffee, which looked rather dark and soupy.
    • The curries came in huge bowls, full of chicken, beancurd and vegetables in a creamy, soupy sauce, infused with the very best of Thai flavourings: coconut, limes and chilli.
    • Sliced down its back, expunged of all offending bones and barely deep fried, the white meat is flavorful and tender, blending nicely with the bed of somewhat soupy tomato-spiked polenta and deep green and garlicky broccoli rabe.
    • You want it to have the consistency of a loose, soupy stock.
    • They were miniature little cheese raviolis in a soupy cream sauce with chives.
    • David's penne pasta with mussels and potato was soupy, although not a soup as such.
    • Depending on the proportion of water to volcanic material, mudflows can range from soupy floods to thick flows that have the consistency of wet cement.
    • Here I use it again, not only to warm up a soupy Mediterranean vegetable stew with chickpeas and fennel, but also to add a little chutzpah to the fish.
    • The seafood linguine is laden with clams, shrimp and cubes of fish, while the risotto con funghi, infused with porcini mushrooms, walks the line between soupy and solid admirably.
    • But shrimp was in short supply, and the soupy plate of noodles was pretty much just that.
    • After 30 minutes, I'll admit it was still soupy but that's because it required post-mixing freezing.
    • Foods need to be fresh, not processed, served warmed, very soupy, and moist in consistency.
    • After about 50 minutes of cooking in the oven, it somehow got soupy despite the lesser amount of liquid used - it might have been vegetables that had given out extra liquid.
    • It was more soupy than thick and meaty, the nicely spiced broth containing translucent noodles, thin strips of beef, bean sprouts and whole green onions that were almost sweet.
    • Add the lentils, tomatoes and water, and cook at a gentle simmer for 40 minutes or until tender, adding more water if necessary to keep it thick and soupy.
    • If you, like me, aren't regularly cooking for a crowd, you may be tempted to toss aside this recipe, assuming that this delicate, soupy stuff won't make for good leftovers.
    • Most of the other meals are priced around $10, with the exception of some seafood specialties, like parihuela, a soupy stew full of mussels, shrimp, squid and fish that's similar to bouillabaisse.
    Synonyms
    misty, smoggy, hazy, overcast, murky, gloomy, grey, dark, dim, dingy, dull
    1. 1.1 (of the air or climate) humid.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The languid, soupy air mass surrounded us and wrapped us in its stifling grip.
      • The air is warm and soupy and prickles my shoulders as I wait.
      • There's only one thing for it - we head back to the Music Box Theater and, despite the soupy heat, end up perched on fragile chairs beneath the creaking stage.
      • As temperatures reached 118F in the Tallahatchie County courthouse on the afternoon of September 19, 1955, the two small ceiling fans did little to stir the stifling, soupy heat.
      • The trainer said the workout served as preparation for the soupy conditions they will most likely face on Saturday.
      • The day began with a Biblical downpour, and concludes with the same; in between, a blaring sun and soupy air.
      Synonyms
      muggy, close, sultry, sticky, steamy, oppressive, airless, stifling, suffocating, stuffy, clammy, heavy, fuggy, like a turkish bath, like a sauna
    2. 1.2informal Mawkishly sentimental.
      soupy nostalgia
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I was genuinely excited by it in a way that I hadn't been by the soupy mess of the last couple of episodes.
      • At a time when they were still singing soupy Victorian hymns in churches, this choir performed relatively modem music.
      • You will come out of this, emerge from it, rise above it, and it may sound soupy to say so, but it just happens, or rather, we make such things happen.
      • We went to see My Fair Lady, thus indulging my love of soupy musicals - what can I say?
      • Inevitably, however, the movie does not have the courage of its cynical convictions and in the final reel reverts to a soupy and unconvincing idealism about the system's essential decency.
      • In the first movement the oboe introduces the melody, quasi-ironic in its soupy neo-Romanticism, almost crass except that it avoids predictability, and is counterpointed.
      • The production sounds a little soupy here, but I think it really adds to the song if you can understand that.
      Synonyms
      mawkish, over-sentimental, overemotional, cloying, sickly, saccharine, sugary, sugar-coated, syrupy
 
 
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