单词 | pap |
释义 | Word Frequency pap 1(pæp) noun 1. any soft or semiliquid food, such as bread softened with milk, esp for babies or invalids; mash 2. South Africa porridge made from maize 3. worthless or oversimplified ideas; drivel intellectual pap Word origin C15: from Middle Low German pappe, via Medieval Latin from Latin pappāre to eat; compare Dutch pap, Italian pappaWord Frequency pap 2(pæp) noun 1. Scottish and Northern England dialect a nipple or teat 2. a. something resembling a breast or nipple, such as (formerly) one of a pair of rounded hilltops b. (capital as part of a name) the Pap of Glencoe Word origin C12: of Scandinavian origin, imitative of a sucking sound; compare Latin papilla nipple, Sanskrit pippalakaWord Frequency pap 3(pæp) informal noun 1. a paparazzo verbWord forms: paps, papping or papped (transitive) 2. (of the paparazzi) to follow and photograph (a famous person) Word origin C20: from paparazzo |
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