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单词 pap
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
pap1 /pæp/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. soft food for infants or sick people.
  2. ideas, writings, etc., having no real content, worth, or value:The book was full of pap.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
pap1  (pap),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. soft food for infants or invalids, as bread soaked in water or milk.
  2. an idea, talk, book, or the like, lacking substance or real value.
  • 1400–50; late Middle English; a nursery word akin to Dutch pap, German Pappe, Latin, Italian pappa
paplike′, adj. 
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged drivel, balderdash, twaddle.

pap2  (pap),USA pronunciation n. [Chiefly Dial.]
  1. Dialect Termsa teat;
    nipple.
  2. Dialect Termssomething resembling a teat or nipple.
  • 1150–1200; Middle English pappe; compare dialect, dialectal Norwegian, Swedish pappe, Latin papilla (see papilla), Lithuanian pãpas, all from a base *pap-; akin to pap1

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
pap /pæp/ n
  1. any soft or semiliquid food, such as bread softened with milk, esp for babies or invalids; mash
  2. South African porridge made from maize
  3. worthless or oversimplified ideas; drivel
Etymology: 15th Century: from Middle Low German pappe, via Medieval Latin from Latin pappāre to eat; compare Dutch pap, Italian pappa
pap /pæp/ n
  1. Scot Northern English dialect a nipple or teat
  2. something resembling a breast or nipple, such as (formerly) one of a pair of rounded hilltops
Etymology: 12th Century: of Scandinavian origin, imitative of a sucking sound; compare Latin papilla nipple, Sanskrit pippalaka
pap /pæp/ vb ( -ps, -ping, -ped)(transitive)
  1. (of the paparazzi) to follow and photograph (a famous person)
Etymology: 20th Century: from paparazzo
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