Word · Frequency #19771
sup
小口喝；用匙吃
to take food or liquid into the mouth a little at a time, by drinking or with a spoon
- 1.
To sip; to take a small amount of food or drink into the mouth, especially with a spoon.
- 2.
To eat supper.
啜；呷；啜饮；进晚餐
In use
After the long walk, we stopped to sup some cold water from the stream.
Grandpa sups his hot soup slowly from a small bowl.
The baby was supping her porridge in tiny spoonfuls.
n. a sup of sth
名词 sup 表示“一口”，常见搭配为 a sup of + 饮品/流质食物。
Let me have a sup of tea before we go.
走之前让我喝一小口茶。
vt. sup sth
作及物动词时，sup 表示小口喝或小口吃，过去式为 supped，现在分词为 supping。
He sat by the fire, supping his soup.
他坐在炉火旁，小口地喝着汤。
vi. sup on sth
作不及物动词表示“进晚餐”时，常接介词 on，后跟晚餐吃的食物。
That night they supped on cold meat and bread.
那天晚上，他们以冷肉和面包为晚餐。
Verb forms
base sup · third person sups · -ing supping · past supped · past participle supped
指小口喝或用勺喝液体食物；过去式和过去分词需双写 p。
Common mistakes
He suped his coffee slowly.He supped his coffee slowly.
sup 是重读闭音节单音节动词，末尾只有一个辅音字母 p，变过去式要双写 p 再加 -ed，写成 supped；supped 才是正确拼写。
We supped dinner at eight.We supped at eight.
sup 表示“进晚餐”时是不及物动词，不能直接跟 dinner 这类名词作宾语；去掉 dinner 后句子结构才正确。
Connections
Collocations
- sup soup
- 小口喝汤
- She supped her soup quietly.她安静地小口喝着汤。
- sup tea
- 小口喝茶
- He supped his tea slowly.他慢慢地小口喝茶。
- sup wine
- 小口喝酒
- They supped wine by the fire.他们在火炉边小口喝着酒。
- sup from a bowl
- 从碗里小口喝
- The child supped from a bowl of broth.那个孩子从碗里小口喝肉汤。
- sup with a spoon
- 用汤匙小口吃
- He supped his porridge with a spoon.他用汤匙小口地吃粥。
- sup slowly
- 慢慢地小口吃喝
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 sup 像 sip（小口喝），又像 supper（晚餐）：晚餐时用匙小口吃/喝。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：literary writing、historical fiction 表示小口喝或小口吃时，多用于文学作品或较正式的书面语；日常口语中较少见，常改用sip。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 sup /sʌp/ 押韵的词有 cup /kʌp/、pup /pʌp/、up /ʌp/。注意拼写相似的 soup /suːp/、supper /ˈsʌpər/ 和 sip /sɪp/ 发音不同，不押韵。
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.