可可词汇课堂第319期:增加马力

可可听力网 2011年12月27日 16:42:00

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      sip
      Todrinkinsmallquantities.
      Todrinkfrominsips.
      Todrinksomethinginsips.
      Theactofsipping.
      Asmallquantityofliquidsipped.
      n. 抿;小口喝
      vi. 啜饮
      vt. 啜

      词组短语:
      takeasip 尝一口;小啜;喝一小口

      例句:
      Shetookanothersipofhertea.
      她又饮了一小口茶。

      supwhat'supsupperaslagesexlocation
      totake (liquidfood, oranyliquid) intothemouthinsmallquantities, asfromaspoonorcup; sip.
      totakeliquidintothemouthinsmallquantities, asbyspoonfulsorsips.
      Asmallswallowormouthfulofliquidfood; asip.
      Toeataneveningmeal; havesupper
      amouthfulorsmallportionofdrinkorliquidfood; sip
      vt. 招待…吃晚饭;呷,啜
      vi. 啜饮;吃晚饭
      n. 一口,少量

      例句:
      Let'tsupouttonight.
      咱们今晚到外边吃晚饭吧。
      Hesuppedamouthfulofcoffeethentoldmethatshecouldn'tcomefornuts.
      他喝了一口咖啡,然后慢悠悠地对我说她压根儿就没来。

      soup

      词汇起源
      [Date: 1900-2000; Origin: Probablyfromsoup'druggiventoahorsetomakeitrunfaster' (1900-2000), fromSOUP1]

      Aliquidfoodpreparedfrommeat, fish, orvegetablestockcombinedwithvariousotheringredientsandoftencontainingsolidpieces.
      Aliquidrichinorganiccompoundsandprovidingfavorableconditionsfortheemergenceandgrowthoflifeforms: primordialsoup.
      Slang. Somethinghavingtheappearanceoraconsistencysuggestiveofsoup, especially: Densefog. Nitroglycerine.
      Achaoticorunfortunatesituation.
      n. 汤,羹;马力
      vt. 使如汤般浓稠;加速;增加马力;给…增加活力,使变得更生动

      常用词组:
      soupup 【俚语】
      Tomodify (something) soastoincreaseitscapacitytoperformorsatisfy, especiallytoaddhorsepowerorgreaterspeedpotentialto (anengineoravehicle):
      增大威力,提高效果:调整(某东西)以便增加其发挥作用或令人满意的能力,尤其指增大(引擎或车辆的)马力或更大的速度潜力
习惯用语:
      inthesoup【俚语】
      Havingdifficulties; introuble.
      有困难;处于困境之中

      例句:
      Afteraheavyrain, thecountryroadsweresouped.
      一阵大雨后,乡村的道路变得泥泞不堪。
      Hiswitticismssoupedupthetalks.
      他的俏皮话使会谈的气氛活跃起来了。

      sopmilksop懦弱的人

      词汇起源
      [OE] Thewordsoporiginallydenoteda ‘pieceofbread, cake, etcdippedintowater, milk, wine, orsimilarliquid’. Themodernmetaphoricalmeaning ‘somethinggiventogainfavour, bribe’ didnotemergeuntilthemid-17thcentury, inallusiontothepieceofbreadsoakedinenticinghoneybutspikedwithasoporificdrugthatwasgiventotheguarddogCerberustoputhimtosleepsothatAeneas(埃涅阿斯或伊尼亚斯)couldvisittheUnderworld. ThewordgoesbackultimatelytothesameprehistoricGermanicbase (*sup-) thatproducedEnglishsipandsup ‘drink’, andalso, viatheRomancelanguages, soupandsupper. Thecorrespondingverbsop ‘dipinliquid’ nowsurvivesonlyinthepresentparticipialformsopping ‘soakingwet’ [19].

      Todip, soak, ordrenchinaliquid; saturate.
      Totakeupbyabsorption
      Apieceoffoodsoakedordippedinaliquid.
      Somethingyieldedtoplacateorsoothe. Abribe
      n. 面包片;湿透的东西;小贿赂
      vt. 吸水;浸湿;贿赂
      vi. 湿透;渗透

      例句:
      Hesoppeduptheinkwithchalk.
      他用粉笔吸干了墨水。