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Sap Maple Liquid Trees I Sapped Gradually Drain

英语单词 sap
英美音标 英 [sæp] 美 [sæp]
中文释义 n.树液;汁液;精力;<俚>易上当的人;地道
v.挖地道;削弱;逐渐耗竭
英语例句 (1) These bugs drink much sap every day.
(2) Maple sugar is made from the sap of maple trees.
(3) The sap flowed out when he broke the stem of the flower.
(4) It was the beginning of the spring and the sap was rising in the boys.
(5) They are ventilating the sap of a coal mine.
(6) I was sapped by months of hospital treatment.
(7) Her long illness gradually sapped her strength.
中文例句 (1) 这些虫子每天吸食许多树液。
(2) 枫糖是由枫树的树液制成的。
(3) 他把花茎折断,汁液就流了出来。
(4) 正当初春季节,勃勃的生气在小伙子们身上奔涌。
(5) 他们正在使煤矿坑道通风。
(6) 我住院治疗几个月
(7) 长期的患病使她的体力渐渐衰竭。
vocabulary简明 To sap something is to drain or deplete something over time. If you sap a maple tree, you drain the liquid inside it to make maple syrup. But if you sap a person of strength, you've rendered him defenseless.
vocabulary扩展 Whether used as a noun or verb, sap is rarely a good thing. If your energy or will is sapped, it’s not meant lightly; it means you have been exhausted of all your reserve energy, you’re reduced to a shell. If someone calls you "a sap," it suggests you lack strength and character. And if you get sap — the sticky liquid inside a tree — on your hands, good luck getting it off in the middle of a forest without a bar of soap and running water. Yuck.
柯林斯解释
1
[VERB 动词]消耗(精力);削弱(信心) If something saps your strength or confidence, it gradually weakens or destroys it.
  [V n]
  • I was afraid the sickness had sapped my strength...

    我担心患病已让我元气大伤。

  • Analysts say the recession in Japan has sapped investor confidence.

    分析家称日本的经济衰退已经打击了投资者的信心。

2
[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](植物的)液,汁 Sap is the watery liquid in plants and trees.
  • The leaves, bark and sap are also common ingredients of local herbal remedies.

    树叶、树皮和树汁也是当地草药的常用药材。

3
[N-COUNT 可数名词]笨蛋;傻瓜 If you describe someone as a sap, you think they are foolish.
  [disapproval]
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • ...her poor sap of a husband.

    她可怜的傻瓜丈夫

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