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sop /ˈsɑp/
麵包片,濕透的東西,懦夫(vt.)浸溼,吸水,賄賂(vi.)滲透,濕透
Sop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sopped p. pr. & vb. n. Sopping.] To steep or dip in any liquid.
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Sop n.
1. Anything steeped, or dipped and softened, in any liquid; especially, something dipped in broth or liquid food, and intended to be eaten.
He it is to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. --John xiii. 26.
Sops in wine, quantity, inebriate more than wine itself. --Bacon.
The bounded waters
Should lift their bosoms higher than the shores,
And make a sop of all this solid globe. --Shak.
2. Anything given to pacify; -- so called from the sop given to Cerberus, as related in mythology.
All nature is cured with a sop. --L'Estrange.
3. A thing of little or no value. [Obs.]
Sops in wine Bot., an old name of the clove pink, alluding to its having been used to flavor wine.
Garlands of roses and sops in wine. --Spenser.
-- Sops of wine Bot., an old European variety of apple, of a yellow and red color, shading to deep red; -- called also sopsavine, and red shropsavine.
sop
n 1: piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid [syn: sops]
2: a concession given to mollify or placate; "the offer was a
sop to my feelings"
3: a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely; "rote
memorization has been the educator's standard operating
procedure for centuries" [syn: standing operating
procedure, standard operating procedure, standard
procedure]
v 1: give a conciliatory gift or bribe to
2: be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid
[syn: soak through]
3: dip into liquid; "sop bread into the sauce"
4: mop so as to leave a semi-dry surface; "swab the floors"
5: become thoroughly soaked or saturated with liquid
6: cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot
face" [syn: drench, douse, dowse, soak, souse]
[also: sopping, sopped]
Sop
a morsel of bread (John 13:26; comp. Ruth 2:14). Our Lord took a
piece of unleavened bread, and dipping it into the broth of
bitter herbs at the Paschal meal, gave it to Judas. (Comp. Ruth
2:14.)