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

单词

sap

释义

a watery solution containing dissolved sugars, mineral salts, etc that circulates through the conducting system of a plant

a body fluid essential to life, health, or vigour

vitality; vigour

informal a foolish or gullible person

sapless adj

[Old English sæp]

to drain (something or somebody) of sap or vitality

the extension of a trench to a point beneath or near an enemy's fortifications

[early French sappe hoe, from Old Italian zappa spade, spadework, prob of Asian origin]

verb intrans

to proceed by or dig a sap

verb trans

to destroy (something) by undermining, or as if by undermining

sap their morale

to weaken or exhaust (somebody) gradually

to operate against (somebody or something) by a sap

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