a milksop
milksop 是可数名词，单数指一片或一份泡在牛奶里的面包，前面要用 a 或 an；复数形式是 milksops。
He broke the bread into a bowl and made a milksop for his supper.
他把面包掰进碗里，做了一份牛奶泡面包当晚饭。
牛奶泡面包
浸在牛奶里的面包片；一种由面包块、糖和热牛奶制成的菜肴。；懦弱的人
A piece of bread soaked in milk, or a dish of bread pieces with sugar and hot milk.
浸在牛奶里的面包片
A piece of bread sopped in milk.
一种由面包块、糖和热牛奶制成的菜肴。
A dish consisting of bread pieces in a bowl, sprinkled with sugar and covered in hot milk.
The other boys called him a milksop because he refused to fight.
其他男孩叫他懦夫，因为他拒绝打架。
用法提示：milksop在这里用作可数名词，指代一个被同伴认为懦弱的男孩。
He was such a milksop that he couldn't even stand up for his own rights.
他如此懦弱，甚至无法维护自己的权利。
用法提示：milksop用作可数名词，描述一个缺乏勇气为自己辩护的成年男性。
In the novel, the protagonist starts as a milksop but later becomes a courageous leader.
在小说中，主人公起初是个懦弱的人，但后来成长为勇敢的领导者。
用法提示：milksop用作可数名词，描述小说中角色的性格转变，强调其初始的软弱。
milksop 是可数名词，单数指一片或一份泡在牛奶里的面包，前面要用 a 或 an；复数形式是 milksops。
He broke the bread into a bowl and made a milksop for his supper.
他把面包掰进碗里，做了一份牛奶泡面包当晚饭。
指整道食物时，常用 a bowl of milksop 这样的量词结构，把 milksop 当作不可数名词处理。
For breakfast the farmer had a bowl of milksop sprinkled with sugar.
早餐时，农夫吃了一碗撒了糖的牛奶泡面包。
用 with 引出撒在上面或搭配的配料，如糖、热牛奶。
The old recipe calls for milksop with sugar and hot milk.
这道老食谱需要加糖和热牛奶的牛奶泡面包。
grammar · medium
易错句子For breakfast she made three milksop with sugar on top.
正确表达For breakfast she made three milksops with sugar on top.
milksop 表示“浸在牛奶里的面包片”时是可数名词，复数要加 -s。汉语名词没有数词形变化，学习者容易一直用原形；这里 three 后面接可数名词，所以必须用复数 milksops。
grammar · medium
易错句子He dipped a milk sop in hot milk and sprinkled it with sugar.
正确表达He dipped a milksop in hot milk and sprinkled it with sugar.
milksop 是已经固定成一个词的复合名词，标准拼写要连写成一个词。拆成 milk sop 就把它当成了“牛奶＋泡”的自由词组，不再是这个食物的名称；指这种食物时必须写成 milksop。
sop 泛指浸过液体的面包片，液体可以是肉汁、汤或酒；milksop 则限定为浸牛奶的面包，或面包块加糖、浇热牛奶做成的这道甜食。
pap 强调煮得软烂、给婴儿或病人吃的糊状食物，多用水或奶把面包煮开；milksop 是一道具体的家常甜食，由面包块加糖、浇热牛奶而成，不强调食用对象。
milk toast 用烤过的吐司片，通常先涂黄油再浇热牛奶；milksop 用未烤过的面包片或面包块，且常撒糖。两者在美式家常菜里很接近，日常说法中界限并不严格。
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