| 单词 | soap |
| 释义 | Word Frequency soap(səʊp) noun 1. a cleaning or emulsifying agent made by reacting animal or vegetable fats or oils with potassium or sodium hydroxide. Soaps often contain colouring matter and perfume and act by emulsifying grease and lowering the surface tension of water, so that it more readily penetrates open materials such as textiles See also detergent ▶ Related adjective: saponaceous2. any metallic salt of a fatty acid, such as palmitic or stearic acid See also metallic soap 3. slang flattery or persuasive talk (esp in the phrase soft soap) 4. informal short for soap opera 5. US and Canadian slang money, esp for bribery 6. no soap verb 7. (transitive) to apply soap to 8. (transitive; often foll by up) slang a. to flatter or talk persuasively to b. US and Canadian to bribe Derived forms soapless (ˈsoapless) adjective soaplike (ˈsoapˌlike) adjective Word origin Old English sāpe; related to Old High German seipfa, Old French savon, Latin sāpō |
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