词汇 | sop up |
释义 | phrasesop up sop up sth • sop sth up to remove liquid from a surface, using something soft such as a piece of cloth or bread, which takes the liquid into itself: She used some garlic bread to sop up the last of the sauce on her plate.■ SIMILAR TO: soak up sop upTo 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. sop something upto 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. sop upv. 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. |
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