Word · Frequency #26123
pap
空洞无物的想法；废话
worthless or oversimplified ideas
- 1.
Food in the form of a soft paste, often a porridge, especially as given to very young children.
软糊状食物,通常是粥,尤其是给幼儿吃的
- 2.
A rounded, nipple-like hill or peak.
圆形乳头状的小山或山峰
- 3.
polyfluoroalkyl phosphate ester
全氟烷基磷酸酯。
- 4.
The pulp of fruit.
水果的果肉
- 5.
Acronym of positive airway pressure.
正压呼吸的缩写。
软糊状食物,通常是粥,尤其是给幼儿吃的；圆形乳头状的小山或山峰；全氟烷基磷酸酯。；水果的果肉；正压呼吸的缩写。
In use
The article was just pap about how to succeed without working hard.
She ignored all the pap in the pamphlet and looked for real facts.
His speech sounded impressive, but it was pure pap.
be pap
用于贬低观点或材料。
His speech was just pap.
他的演讲只是废话。
feed sb pap
指半流质食物。
The baby was fed pap.
婴儿被喂了糊状食物。
dismiss sth as pap
用于表示对作品的不屑。
Critics dismissed the movie as pap.
评论家认为这部电影是垃圾。
Connections
Collocations
- a bowl of pap
- 一碗糊状食物（尤指粥）
- The baby ate a bowl of pap for breakfast.宝宝早餐吃了一碗糊。
- thin pap
- 稀糊（稀软的粥状食物）
- Start with thin pap and gradually thicken it as the baby gets used to solid food.先吃稀糊，等宝宝习惯固体食物后再慢慢加稠。
- rice pap
- 米糊
- Rice pap is a gentle first food for many babies.米糊是很多宝宝温和的第一种辅食。
- baby pap
- 婴儿糊
- This baby pap is fortified with iron and vitamins.这款婴儿糊添加了铁和维生素。
Synonyms
- mush
- 糊状食物 · mush 泛指软而稠的糊状物，不特指婴儿食品，可用于玉米糊等，比 pap 更口语化、范围更广。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：宝宝吃粥时小嘴一开一合，发出“pap-pap”的黏糊声，记住 pap 是给幼儿吃的软糊食物。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：infant feeding、historical fiction、literary prose pap 指喂给婴幼儿的软糊状食物，常用于旧时或文学性的叙述中；现代日常英语很少用它，比较常见于历史或怀旧语境。日常说 porridge、mush 或 baby food 更自然。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All these words rhyme with 'pap': their stressed vowel and final consonant are /æp/. Note that 'wrap' has a silent 'w' and still rhymes with 'pap'. Words like 'tape' or 'pope' look similar but sound different.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.