英语词组Sopes是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

a sop to Cerberus

A bribe. Taken from the ancient Greek and Roman custom of leaving gifts with corpses so that Cerberus (guardian of the gates of hell) would pass them by. What is this money, a sop to Cerberus so that I won't tell the authorities what you've done?

sop up

To absorb some liquid through dipping, wiping, or drenching. A noun or pronoun can be used between "sop" and "up." As rainwater poured into the basement, we grabbed every towel and sheet we could find to sop it all up. I love using my toast to sop up the runny yolk from my fried eggs.

milksop

1. adjective Extremely weak, timid, or ineffectual. We're going to be the laughingstock of the world after such a milksop response from our government. We can't afford some milksop plan that just keeps the status quo—we need something drastic and daring that might really improve our sales. In the play, the hero returns to drive the milksop suitor from his home and reclaim his rightful place by his wife's side.

2. noun An extremely weak, timid, or ineffectual man. We need a president who's going to lead the nation with strength and resolve, not some milquestoast who'll just kowtow to every foreign leader who raises his voice. I swear, I don't know why I ever married a milksop like you. You can't even defend your own wife when she's been insulted!

sop something up

to mop or soak up a liquid. Use this rag to sop the spilled milk up. The rag will sop up the mess a little at a time.

a sop to Cerberus

something offered to appease someone.

In Greek mythology, Cerberus was the three-headed watchdog which guarded the entrance of Hades. In the Aeneid Virgil describes how the Sibyl guiding Aeneas to the underworld threw a drugged cake to Cerberus, thus enabling the hero to pass the monster in safety.

sop up

To take something up by absorption; absorb something: We sopped up the water with paper towels. I sopped the sauce up with a piece of bread.

sop

1. n. a drunkard; an alcoholic. Give the old sop a buck and tell him to beat it.

2. tv. & in. to guzzle (liquor). You’ve sopped booze long enough. Go home.

词组	Sopes
释义	(redirected from Sopes) a sop to Cerberus A bribe. Taken from the ancient Greek and Roman custom of leaving gifts with corpses so that Cerberus (guardian of the gates of hell) would pass them by. What is this money, a sop to Cerberus so that I won't tell the authorities what you've done? sop up To absorb some liquid through dipping, wiping, or drenching. A noun or pronoun can be used between "sop" and "up." As rainwater poured into the basement, we grabbed every towel and sheet we could find to sop it all up. I love using my toast to sop up the runny yolk from my fried eggs. milksop 1. adjective Extremely weak, timid, or ineffectual. We're going to be the laughingstock of the world after such a milksop response from our government. We can't afford some milksop plan that just keeps the status quo—we need something drastic and daring that might really improve our sales. In the play, the hero returns to drive the milksop suitor from his home and reclaim his rightful place by his wife's side. 2. noun An extremely weak, timid, or ineffectual man. We need a president who's going to lead the nation with strength and resolve, not some milquestoast who'll just kowtow to every foreign leader who raises his voice. I swear, I don't know why I ever married a milksop like you. You can't even defend your own wife when she's been insulted! sop something up to mop or soak up a liquid. Use this rag to sop the spilled milk up. The rag will sop up the mess a little at a time. a sop to Cerberus something offered to appease someone. In Greek mythology, Cerberus was the three-headed watchdog which guarded the entrance of Hades. In the Aeneid Virgil describes how the Sibyl guiding Aeneas to the underworld threw a drugged cake to Cerberus, thus enabling the hero to pass the monster in safety. sop up v. To take something up by absorption; absorb something: We sopped up the water with paper towels. I sopped the sauce up with a piece of bread. sop 1. n. a drunkard; an alcoholic. Give the old sop a buck and tell him to beat it. 2. tv. & in. to guzzle (liquor). You’ve sopped booze long enough. Go home.
随便看	looking daggers at you looking down looking down at looking down on looking down on her looking down on him looking down on me looking down on someone looking down on something looking down on them looking down on us looking down on you looking down upon looking down upon her looking down upon him looking down upon me looking down upon someone looking down upon something looking down upon them looking down upon us looking down upon you looking fit to kill looking for looking for a dog to kick looking for her