释义 |
soupy /ˈsuːpi /adjective (soupier, soupiest)1Having the appearance or consistency of soup: a soupy stew...- 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.
- Mix the grout to a soupy consistency, and pour it onto the counters.
- 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.
1.1(Of the air or climate) humid: a soupy July morning the soupy air...- The day began with a Biblical downpour, and concludes with the same; in between, a blaring sun and soupy air.
- 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.
1.2 informal Mawkishly sentimental: soupy nostalgia...- At a time when they were still singing soupy Victorian hymns in churches, this choir performed relatively modem music.
- 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.
- I was genuinely excited by it in a way that I hadn't been by the soupy mess of the last couple of episodes.
Derivatives soupily adverb ...- I found him hunkered with his nightmares in the soupily humid town of Bangor, in the American State of Maine.
- 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.
- 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.
soupiness noun ...- A quick jolt in the microwave will restore its soft unctuousness, even if its soupiness is gone.
- Yellow corn tends to thicken the dish a lot, while white corn gives a certain soupiness that I prefer.
- I didn't really notice either the coolness or the dampness or the soupiness this dark, foggy morning.
Rhymes croupy, droopy, goopy, groupie, loopy, pupae, roupy, snoopy, Tupi |