soap

英 [səʊp] 美[sop]

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近义词lather shampoo

n. 肥皂
vt. 将肥皂涂在……上；对……拍马屁（俚语）
vi. 用肥皂擦洗

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中文词源

soap 肥皂，香皂

来自古英语 sape,肥皂，油膏，来自 Proto-Germanic*saipon,松脂，油脂，来自 PIE*seib,*seip, 滴，溢，词源同 seep,sebum.原始的肥皂即动物油脂与草木灰碱的混合物。

词态变化

复数: soaps;第三人称单数: soaps;过去式: soaped;过去分词: soaped;现在分词: soaping;

英文词源

soap: soap: [OE] The word soap is of West Germanic origin. It comes from a prehistoric *saipō (source also of German seife and Dutch zeep). This may have been related to Old English sīpian ‘drip’, suggesting that it perhaps originally referred to a stage in the manufacture of soap. The Romans, like the Greeks, used oil for cleansing the skin, not soap, and so they did not have their own native word for it. Instead they borrowed the Germanic term, as sāpō, which has evolved into French savon, Italian sapone, and Spanish jabon. Germanic *saipō was also acquired by Latvian (ziepes), Finnish (saippio), and Lappish (saipo).
soap (n.): Old English sape "soap, salve" (originally a reddish hair dye used by Germanic warriors to give a frightening appearance), from Proto-Germanic *saipon "dripping thing, resin" (cognates: Middle Low German sepe, West Frisian sjippe, Dutch zeep, Old High German seiffa, German seife "soap," Old High German seifar "foam," Old English sipian "to drip"), from PIE *soi-bon-, from root *seib- "to pour out, drip, trickle" (cognates: Latin sebum "tallow, suet, grease").

Romans and Greeks used oil to clean skin; the Romance language words for "soap" (cognates: Italian sapone, French savon, Spanish jabon) are from Late Latin sapo "pomade for coloring the hair" (first mentioned in Pliny), which is a Germanic loan-word, as is Finnish saippua. The meaning "flattery" is recorded from 1853.
soap (v.): 1580s, from soap (n.). Related: Soaped; soaping.

双语例句

1. With soap and water, bubbles and boats, children love bathtime.: 有了肥皂、水、泡泡和小船，孩子们都喜欢洗澡。

2. A small colour television was tuned to an afternoon soap opera.: 一台小彩色电视机频道调在了一出下午的肥皂剧上。

3. Wash the feet, underarms and body surface using a soap.: 用肥皂洗洗脚、腋下及全身。

4. Wash your face thoroughly with a mild soap and warm water.: 用刺激性不强的肥皂和热水把脸彻底洗干净。

5. He had soap suds in his ears.: 他耳朵里进了肥皂泡。

英英释意

1. a cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats

2. money offered as a bribe

3. street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate

考试真题

Because soaps and other wastes can harm waterways, be careful your washing water doesn't pollute the sea, lakes and rivers.

Ordinary soap, use correctly, can deal with bacteria effectively.

There are fundamental public health problems, like dirty hands instead of a soap habit, that remain killers only because we can't figure out how to change people's habits.

实用场景例句

soap and water: 肥皂和水

a bar/piece of soap: 一条 / 一块肥皂

soap bubbles: 肥皂泡

soaps on TV: 电视上播出的肥皂剧

She's a US soap star.: 她是美国肥皂剧明星。

...a bar of lavender soap.: 一块薰衣草香皂

...a large packet of soap powder.: 一大盒肥皂粉

She soaped herself all over.: 她把全身涂满肥皂。

This soap lathers so nicely.: 这种肥皂泡沫很多.

You will never get the grease off the plates if you don't use soap.: 如果你不用肥皂的话,盘子上的油腻你是洗不掉的.

You will never get the grease off your coat if you don't use soap.: 如果你不用肥皂,你衣服上的油污是不可能洗掉的.

Soap is not the only cleansing agent.: 肥皂并不是唯一的清洁剂.

This soap has a delicate, flower like fragrance.: 这种肥皂有一股花一般的芳香.

This toilet soap lathers so nicely and has several fragrances.: 这种香皂起泡很多,并且有好几种香味.

She did out the bathroom with lots of soap and hot water.: 她用了大量肥皂和热水打扫浴室.

This ( kind of ) soap lathers so nicely.: 这种肥皂起泡很多.

Blinded by the soap, he had to feel for his glasses.: 由于肥皂沫遮住了眼睛, 他只得摸索着寻找自己的眼镜.

He bought a bar of soap.: 他买了一条肥皂.

Will this soap shrink woollen clothes?: 这种肥皂会使毛织衣物收缩吗 ?

This soap rinses easily.: 这肥皂容易漂清.

Metal, oil and soap contains foreign matter, respectively.: 金属、油和肥皂中分别含有杂质.

This soap works like magic — the stains just disappear.: 这种肥皂真神奇,污垢一下子就没了.

You'd better ring for the housekeeper to bring more soap.: 你最好按铃叫女管家再拿点肥皂来.

He blows bubbles with soap water.: 他用肥皂水吹泡.

Mother bought three cakes of soap yesterday.: 妈妈昨天买了三块肥皂.

Will this soap shrink woolen clothes?: 这种肥皂会使毛织品缩水吗 ?

Soap and hot water are very cleansing.: 肥皂和热水去污力强.

This cake of soap will last you about several weeks.: 这块肥皂大约够你用几个星期.

There was already a rim of dark hairs and soap round the basin.: 洗脸盆边上已经有一圈黑头发和肥皂沫。

He had soap suds in his ears.: 他耳朵里进了肥皂泡。

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