记忆方法
1、soap 的日耳曼老根 *saip- 是"滴、渗"：肥皂本就是油脂化开一滴滴渗出来的东西——seep（渗出、漏）就是同根亲戚，拉丁亲戚 sebum（动物油脂、皮脂）也这一支。
2、词的旅行反方向：罗马人洗澡用 oil（油）不用肥皂，拉丁语反而从日耳曼借了 sāpō，法语 savon、意大利语 sapone 全是这个借词的后代。
3、原始配方帮助联想：动物脂肪混草木灰碱；习语 soap and water（肥皂和水，消毒标配）、soapy（满是肥皂沫的；也指说话腻滑讨好）。
2、词的旅行反方向：罗马人洗澡用 oil（油）不用肥皂，拉丁语反而从日耳曼借了 sāpō，法语 savon、意大利语 sapone 全是这个借词的后代。
3、原始配方帮助联想：动物脂肪混草木灰碱；习语 soap and water（肥皂和水，消毒标配）、soapy（满是肥皂沫的；也指说话腻滑讨好）。
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词族 · soap
派生词
中文词源
soap 肥皂，香皂
来自古英语 sape,肥皂，油膏，来自 Proto-Germanic*saipon,松脂，油脂，来自 PIE*seib,*seip, 滴，溢，词源同 seep,sebum.原始的肥皂即动物油脂与草木灰碱的混合物。
英语词源
- soap
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soap: [OE] The word soap is of West Germanic origin. It comes from a prehistoric *saipō (source also of German seife and Dutch zeep). This may have been related to Old English sīpian ‘drip’, suggesting that it perhaps originally referred to a stage in the manufacture of soap. The Romans, like the Greeks, used oil for cleansing the skin, not soap, and so they did not have their own native word for it. Instead they borrowed the Germanic term, as sāpō, which has evolved into French savon, Italian sapone, and Spanish jabon. Germanic *saipō was also acquired by Latvian (ziepes), Finnish (saippio), and Lappish (saipo).
- soap (n.)
- Old English sape "soap, salve" (originally a reddish hair dye used by Germanic warriors to give a frightening appearance), from Proto-Germanic *saipon "dripping thing, resin" (cognates: Middle Low German sepe, West Frisian sjippe, Dutch zeep, Old High German seiffa, German seife "soap," Old High German seifar "foam," Old English sipian "to drip"), from PIE *soi-bon-, from root *seib- "to pour out, drip, trickle" (cognates: Latin sebum "tallow, suet, grease").
Romans and Greeks used oil to clean skin; the Romance language words for "soap" (cognates: Italian sapone, French savon, Spanish jabon) are from Late Latin sapo "pomade for coloring the hair" (first mentioned in Pliny), which is a Germanic loan-word, as is Finnish saippua. The meaning "flattery" is recorded from 1853. - soap (v.)
- 1580s, from soap (n.). Related: Soaped; soaping.
权威例句
- 1. With soap and water, bubbles and boats, children love bathtime.
- 有了肥皂、水、泡泡和小船，孩子们都喜欢洗澡。
- 2. A small colour television was tuned to an afternoon soap opera.
- 一台小彩色电视机频道调在了一出下午的肥皂剧上。
- 3. Wash the feet, underarms and body surface using a soap.
- 用肥皂洗洗脚、腋下及全身。
- 4. Wash your face thoroughly with a mild soap and warm water.
- 用刺激性不强的肥皂和热水把脸彻底洗干净。
- 5. He had soap suds in his ears.
- 他耳朵里进了肥皂泡。