sop

sop
noun
  1. a thing given or done as a concession of no great value to appease someone whose main concerns or demands are not being met
    （对某人的主要要求未曾予以满足，而用来安抚的、价值不大的）抚慰品；小礼品
    my agent telephones as a sop but never finds me work.
    我的代理人常给我打电话作为一种安慰，但从未为我找到过工作。
  2. a piece of bread dipped in gravy, soup, or sauce
    （浸泡在肉汁、汤或调料中吃的）面包片
(sopped, sopping)
  1. [with obj.](sop something up)soak up liquid using an absorbent substance
    吸干（液汁）
    he used some bread to sop up the sauce.
    他用一些面包吸干了酱汁。
    ■(archaic)wet thoroughly; soak
    (古)湿透；浸透
语源
  1. Old English soppian 'dip (bread) in liquid', sopp (noun), probably from the base of Old English sūpan 'sup'. Sense 1 (mid 17th cent.) alludes to the sop used by Aeneas on his visit to Hades to appease Cerberus
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