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单词 sop
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
sop /sɑp/USA pronunciation   n., v., sopped, sop•ping. 
n. [countable]
  1. a piece of solid food, such as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
  2. something, esp. a worthless thing, offered or done to keep another satisfied:He was offered a low-paying job as a sop for the humiliation he had suffered.

v. [+ object]
  1. to dip in liquid food:to sop bread in gravy.
  2. to drench:I was sopped by that sudden rain.
  3. to take up (liquid) by absorption: [+ up + object]I sopped up the gravy.[+ object + up]I sopped the gravy up with my bread.
See sopping.
SOP,  an abbreviation of:
  1. Standard Operating Procedure;
    Standing Operating Procedure.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
sop (sop),USA pronunciation  n., v., sopped, sop•ping. 

    n. 
    1. a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
    2. anything thoroughly soaked.
    3. something given to pacify or quiet, or as a bribe:The political boss gave him some cash as a sop.
    4. a weak-willed or spineless person;
      milksop.

    v.t. 
    1. to dip or soak in liquid food:to sop bread in gravy.
    2. to drench.
    3. to take up (liquid) by absorption (usually fol. by up):He used bread to sop up the gravy.

    v.i. 
    1. to be or become soaking wet.
    2. (of a liquid) to soak (usually fol. by in).
    • bef. 1000; (noun, nominal) Middle English; Old English sopp; cognate with Old Norse soppa; (verb, verbal) Old English soppian, derivative of the noun, nominal (not recorded in Middle English). See sup2
      • 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged tip, gratuity, payoff.

    SOP, 
    1. Standard Operating Procedure;
      Standing Operating Procedure.
    Also, S.O.P. 
    sop., 
    1. soprano.

    Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
    sop /sɒp/ n
    1. (often plural) food soaked in a liquid before being eaten
    2. a concession, bribe, etc, given to placate or mollify: a sop to one's feelings
    3. informal a stupid or weak person
    vb (sops, sopping, sopped)
    1. (transitive) to dip or soak (food) in liquid
    2. when intr, often followed by in: to soak or be soaked

    See also sop upEtymology: Old English sopp; related to Old Norse soppa soup, Old High German sopfa milk with bread; see sup²
    Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
    SOP abbreviation for
    1. standard operating procedure
    Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
    sop. abbreviation for
    1. soprano
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