sap

UK
/sæp/
US
/sæp/

Traducciones

sapnoun
saps
pl
The tree's sap is collected to make syrup.
Сок дерева собирают для приготовления сиропа.
He felt like a sap for believing her lies.
Он чувствовал себя дураком за то, что поверил её лжи.
Traducciones adicionales
сок растения
sapverb
sapped
Past Simple
sapped
Past Participle
sapping
Gerund
UK
/sæp/
US
/sæp/
The long hours of work began to sap his energy.
Долгие часы работы начали истощать его энергию.
Continuous stress can sap your mental health.
Постоянный стресс может подрывать ваше психическое здоровье.
Traducciones adicionales
sapadjective
UK
/sæp/
US
/sæp/
Attributive use, typically before another noun, meaning 'relating to plant sap' or 'derived from sap'.

Definiciones

sapnoun
The fluid, chiefly water with dissolved sugars and mineral salts, that circulates in the vascular system of a plant.
The maple tree was tapped to collect its sap for syrup production.
A foolish or gullible person.
He felt like a sap for believing the scammer's story.
A deep, narrow trench constructed to approach or undermine an enemy's fortifications.
The soldiers dug a sap to get closer to the enemy's stronghold.
Vitality, energy, or vigor, especially characteristic of youth.
Even in his seventies, he still had the sap of a much younger man.
A short, flexible club used as a weapon; a blackjack.
The detective carried a sap in his coat pocket.
sapverb
To gradually weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of something or someone.
The long hours of work began to sap his energy.
To undermine or weaken a structure or foundation, often by removing support.
The constant erosion sapped the foundation of the old bridge.
Military. To dig a sap or approach trench toward an enemy fortification.
Throughout the night the engineers sapped silently toward the fortress walls.
To strike or knock unconscious with a sap (blackjack).
The guard was sapped from behind before he could raise the alarm.
sapadjective
Relating to, containing, or derived from plant sap; consisting of sap.
Sap residue can attract insects if not cleaned off the bark.