單詞
soap
英 [s??p]
美[sop]
基本信息
- n. 肥皂
- vt. 將肥皂涂在……上；對……拍馬屁（俚語）
- vi. 用肥皂擦洗
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詞態變化
復數:?soaps;第三人稱單數:?soaps;過去式:?soaped;過去分詞:?soaped;現在分詞:?soaping;
中文詞源
soap 肥皂，香皂
來自古英語 sape,肥皂，油膏，來自 Proto-Germanic*saipon,松脂，油脂，來自 PIE*seib,*seip, 滴，溢，詞源同 seep,sebum.原始的肥皂即動物油脂與草木灰堿的混合物。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. With soap and water, bubbles and boats, children love bathtime.
- 有了肥皂、水、泡泡和小船，孩子們都喜歡洗澡。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. A small colour television was tuned to an afternoon soap opera.
- 一臺小彩色電視機頻道調在了一出下午的肥皂劇上。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Wash the feet, underarms and body surface using a soap.
- 用肥皂洗洗腳、腋下及全身。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Wash your face thoroughly with a mild soap and warm water.
- 用刺激性不強的肥皂和熱水把臉徹底洗干凈。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He had soap suds in his ears.
- 他耳朵里進了肥皂泡。
來自柯林斯例句