soup
n [U, C]
1 liquid food made by cooking vegetables, meat, etc in water 汤; 羹
chicken, tomato, vegetable, etc soup 鸡、 蕃茄、 蔬菜等汤
a range of tinned soups 各种罐头汤
Will you have some soup before the meat course? 吃荤菜前先来点汤好吗?
2 (idm 习语) in the `soup (infml 口) in trouble or difficulties 处於困境; 出麻烦
If your Mum finds out what you've done, you'll really be in the soup! 要是你妈妈发觉你干的事, 你就要倒霉了!
🎯 考研助记
soup→so(ad.如此,那么)+up(a.向上的)→ 汤里的热气是如此向上冒的
🔁 扩展释义
*[su:p]n. 汤, 马力vt. 加速, 增加马力相关词组: in the soup soup sth up