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soup/su:p/ n. & v.●n. 1 a usu. savoury liquid dish made by boiling meat, fish, or vegetables etc. in stock or water 汤,羹 2 US slang nitroglycerine or gelignite, esp. for safe-breaking [美] [俚语] (尤指用于炸开保险箱的)硝化甘油炸药 3 slang the chemicals in which film is developed [俚语]显影液 4 colloq. fog; thick cloud [口]浓雾;厚云层 ●v. tr. (foll. by 后跟 up) (usu. as 通常作 souped-up adj.) colloq. [口] 1 increase the power and efficiency of (an engine) 加大(发动机的)马力 2 increase the power or impact of (writing, music, etc.) 增强(作品、音乐等的)感染力 □ in the soup colloq. in difficulties [口]处于困境 [French soupe ‘sop, broth’, from Late Latin suppa, from Germanic] |