Sop

(noun.) a concession given to mollify or placate; 'the offer was a sop to my feelings'.

(noun.) piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid.

(verb.) dip into liquid; 'sop bread into the sauce'.

(verb.) be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid.

(verb.) give a conciliatory gift or bribe to.

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• It was the sum she had set aside to pacify her dress-maker--unless she should decide to use it as a sop to the jeweller. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• For the present, it still poured heavily, and the ground was in a perfect sop. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• As wet as a sop. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Her uncle resumed his breakfast, and was munching toast sopped in coffee, oblivious of his guest, when the third bell rang. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• An arch of the bridge in the park has been sapped and sopped away. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

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