the fluid, chiefly water with dissolved sugars and mineral salts, which circulates in the vascular system of a plant
(植物的)汁,液。
〈喻〉 元气,活力(尤指性活力)
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the hot, heady days of youth when the sap was rising .朝气蓬勃、年轻气盛的日子。
gradually weaken or destroy (a person's strength or power)
逐渐削弱(力量,权力);破坏;消耗,使伤元气
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our energy is being sapped by bureaucrats and politicians .我们的精力正在被官僚主义者和政客逐渐消耗掉。
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消耗某人的(力量);使逐渐丧失(权力)
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her illness had sapped her of energy and life .疾病耗尽了她的精力和活力。
〈史〉 (用以偷袭设防场所的)坑道,地道。
〈史〉 挖坑道。
[with obj.]
〈古〉 破坏…的基础,侵蚀…的基础
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a crazy building, sapped and undermined by the rats .一幢遭到老鼠挖洞破坏的摇摇欲坠的房子。
[with obj.][often as noun
【地理】 (水或冰川作用)逐渐侵蚀。
〈非正式,主北美〉 笨蛋,傻瓜
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He fell for it! What a sap! 他上当了!真是个笨蛋!
a bludgeon or club
大头短棒,棍棒。
hit with a bludgeon or club
用大头短棒击,用棍棒打。
"Old English