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Eat Supped Taking Verb 动词   [Literary Old Fashioned 文或过时

英语单词 sup
英美音标 英 [sʌp] 美 [sʌp]
中文释义 v.啜;小口地喝;供给晚饭
n.一小口
英语例句 (1) They sat supping their beer.
(2) Come on, sup up your tea.
(3) We supped on cold roast beef.
(4) They supped on bread and cheese.
中文例句 (1) 他们坐著一小口一小口地喝著啤酒。
(2) 来,把茶喝了吧。
(3) 我们晚饭吃的是凉的烤牛肉。
(4) 他们吃面包和奶酪当晚餐。
vocabulary简明 To sup is to eat slowly, by spoonfuls. When you eat soup, you probably sup it.
vocabulary扩展 You can really only sup soft foods and liquids, like oatmeal and milkshakes and miso soup. A sick person taking gingerly spoons of Jello into his mouth can be said to sup, and so can a hesitant baby eating tiny bites of pureed carrots. Sup essentially means "sip," and its root is the Old English sūpan, "to sip or swallow."
柯林斯解释
1
[VERB 动词](尤指小口地)喝,呷,啜 If you sup something, you drink it, especially by taking small amounts.
  [V n]
  [LITERARY or OLD-FASHIONED 文或过时]
  • We supped mulled wine.

    我们小口地喝着热葡萄酒。

2
[VERB 动词]吃晚饭;进晚餐 If you sup, you eat dinner in the evening.
  [V]
  [LITERARY or OLD-FASHIONED 文或过时]
  • He had been invited to sup with a colleague and his wife.

    他已经受邀和一位同事及其夫人共进晚餐。

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