英语词汇“sop”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

sopsop1 /sɑp/ verb (sopped, sopping)

ETYMOLOGYsop¹

Origin: 1600-1700 sop bread dipped into liquid (11-21 centuries), from Old English sopp

VERB TABLE

sop

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	sop
	he, she, it	sops
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	sopped
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have sopped
	he, she, it	has sopped
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had sopped
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will sop
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have sopped

Continuous Form
Present	I	am sopping
	he, she, it	is sopping
	you, we, they	are sopping
Past	I, he, she, it	was sopping
	you, we, they	were sopping
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been sopping
	he, she, it	has been sopping
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been sopping
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be sopping
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been sopping

sop something ↔ up phrasal verb to remove liquid from a surface by using something that absorbs (=takes the liquid into itself) the liquid: He used bread to sop up the tomato juice on his plate. → see also sopping

verb | noun

sopsop2 noun [countable usually singular] disapproving

ETYMOLOGYsop²

Origin: 1800-1900 sop to dip into liquid (11-20 centuries), from Old English soppian, from sopp; ➔ SOP¹

1something that you offer to someone in order to prevent him or her from complaining or getting angry about something: sop to Repealing the bill is a sop to the wealthy.2a piece of food used for dipping (dip) in a liquid