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单词 pop
释义 pop
I. \ˈpäp\ verb
(popped ; popped ; popping ; pops)
Etymology: Middle English poppen, of imitative origin
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to strike or knock sharply : hit
  < popped him on the jaw and knocked him cold >
 b. : assault, attack
 c. : break
2. : to push, put, or thrust suddenly
 < popping questions to his class >
 < popping the berry into her mouth — Virginia Woolf >
 < couldn't go out without popping my head round the door — Fred Majdalany >
3. : to cause to explode or burst open
 < the corn is popped — Jane Nickerson >
 < popped his gum twice — Jean Stafford >
4. : to fire at : shoot
 < went into the woods hoping to pop a rabbit or two >
5. Britain : hock, pawn
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to go, come, enter, or issue forth quickly or suddenly : occur or appear unexpectedly
  < popped around the corner of the house and confronted me — C.B.Kelland >
  < popped into his head out of the blue — John Kobler >
 b. : to move with agility : dart, jump
  < the private looked up startled, then popped to … attention — James Jones >
2. : to make or burst with a sharp sound : explode
3. : to protrude from the sockets
 < eyes popping with amazement >
 < eyes were on the point of popping out of his head — T.B.Costain >
4. : to shoot with a firearm
 < pop at a target >
 < pop at a bird >
5. : to form blisters : blow — used especially of lime and mortar
6.
 a. : to hit a short high fly in baseball that is easily caught
  < popped to left field >
  — often used with up or out
 b. cricket, of a bowled ball : to rise sharply and travel through the air erratically after pitching — often used with up
7. : backfire 2

- pop the question
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from poppen to pop
1.
 a. dialect chiefly England : blow, knock, stroke
 b. : pop fly
2.
 a. : a small sharp quick explosive sound
  < the faint pop of buttons being undone — Gordon Merrick >
  < the cork flew off with a pop >
 b. : the time taken by the sound of a pop : instant
3.
 a.
  (1) : a shot from a gun
   < when he took a pop at you, he was playing for keeps with your life — Theodore Draper >
  (2) : gun
   < the lad got the pistol … and the old man fearing he might do other mischief took the pop away from him — D.D.Martin >
 b. : attempt, crack, effort, go, try
  < about to take another pop at matrimony — P.G.Wodehouse >
4. : a mark or spot made by a quick stroke : dot
5. [so called from the sound made by breaking the inflated calyx]
 a. : any of several West Indian plants of the genus Physalis
 b. : the inflated calyx of a pop plant
6. [so called from the sound made by drawing the cork of the container] : a flavored carbonated beverage (as orange soda, root beer) : soda pop
 < picnics were held with free pop and hamburgers — D.L.Cohn >
7.
 a. dialect England : redwing
 b. Louisiana : painted bunting
8. : a small boss with an inserted setscrew
III. adverb
: like or with a pop : suddenly
 < I don't know why suddenly everything should go pop >
— often used interjectionally
IV. noun
(-s)
Etymology: by shortening
: poppet
V. noun
(-s)
Etymology: short for poppa
: father — not often in formal use
VI. noun
(-s)
Etymology: by shortening from popular
1. pops plural but usually singular in construction : a popular orchestra or concert
 < went to hear the Boston Pops >
2. : a popular tune or recording
VII. adjective
also pops \ˈpäps\
: characterized by a popular tune or a mixture of popular and classical music calculated to appeal to the people in general
 < become a singer of pop tunes — Morroe Berger >
VIII. abbreviation
1. popular; popularly
2. population
IX. noun
Etymology: pop (I)

- a pop
X. transitive verb
1. : to take (pills) especially frequently or habitually
 < he pops vitamins … the way some cowboys gobble jelly beans — P.A.Witteman >
2. slang : arrest
3. : to perform (a wheelie) on a vehicle
 < popped a rambunctious wheelie for two blocks — Robert Cullen >
4. : to open with a pop
 < pop a cold beer >
5. : to shoot successfully in basketball
 < pops an open jump shot >
intransitive verb
: pay
 < the house pops for every third beer — Studs Terkel >
XI. adjective
1. : popular
 < pop fiction >
especially : of or relating to the popular culture disseminated through the mass media
 < pop psychology >
2. : of or relating to pop art
XII. noun
Etymology: pop (VI)
1. : popular music
2. sometimes capitalized : pop art herein
3. : pop culture
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