sap的意思|sap的解释-里氏词典

Sap \Sap\, n. [AS. s[ae]p; akin to OHG. saf, G. saft, Icel.
safi; of uncertain origin; possibly akin to L. sapere to
taste, to be wise, sapa must or new wine boiled thick. Cf.
{Sapid}, {Sapient}.]
1. The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending
and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to
nutrition.

Note: The ascending is the crude sap, the assimilation of
which takes place in the leaves, when it becomes the
elaborated sap suited to the growth of the plant.

2. The sapwood, or alburnum, of a tree.

3. A simpleton; a saphead; a milksop. [Slang]

{Sap ball} (Bot.), any large fungus of the genus Polyporus.
See {Polyporus}.

{Sap green}, a dull light green pigment prepared from the
juice of the ripe berries of the {Rhamnus catharticus}, or
buckthorn. It is used especially by water-color artists.

{Sap rot}, the dry rot. See under {Dry}.

{Sap sucker} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of small
American woodpeckers of the genus {Sphyrapicus},
especially the yellow-bellied woodpecker ({S. varius}) of
the Eastern United States. They are so named because they
puncture the bark of trees and feed upon the sap. The name
is loosely applied to other woodpeckers.

{Sap tube} (Bot.), a vessel that conveys sap.

Sap \Sap\, v. i.
To proceed by mining, or by secretly undermining; to execute
saps. --W. P. Craighill.

Both assaults are carried on by sapping. --Tatler.

Sap \Sap\, n. (Mil.)
A narrow ditch or trench made from the foremost parallel
toward the glacis or covert way of a besieged place by
digging under cover of gabions, etc.

{Sap fagot} (Mil.), a fascine about three feet long, used in
sapping, to close the crevices between the gabions before
the parapet is made.

{Sap roller} (Mil.), a large gabion, six or seven feet long,
filled with fascines, which the sapper sometimes rolls
along before him for protection from the fire of an enemy.

Sap \Sap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sapped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Sapping}.] [F. saper (cf. Sp. zapar, It. zapare), fr. sape a
sort of scythe, LL. sappa a sort of mattock.]
1. To subvert by digging or wearing away; to mine; to
undermine; to destroy the foundation of.

Nor safe their dwellings were, for sapped by floods,
Their houses fell upon their household gods.
--Dryden.

2. (Mil.) To pierce with saps.

3. To make unstable or infirm; to unsettle; to weaken.

Ring out the grief that saps the mind. --Tennyson.

Nobody will play the sap for the U.S. banks."
So far, sap water doesn't appear to have made many waves. "Not tap water, but sap water?
So far, sap water doesn't appear to have made many waves. "Not tap water, but sap water?
Mr. Cerniglia's Cavendish, Vt., winery pays maple-syrup producers 20 cents a gallon for the water, which is filtered from the sap before it's boiled down to make syrup.
Town Meeting Day is as much a symbol of Vermont as the maple sap that flows soon after, but this year's town meetings find Vermonters fearful of their state's future because farms are going out of business and open land is sprouting vacation homes.
Bateman compares a recent visit to Saudi Arabia on a London chamber mission with an earlier three-week visit to the Gulf states. 'Spending a lot of time on your own can sap your enthusiasm and means you are less effective.
The ruling is a significant victory for Raymark, which had requested certification of a class because, it claimed, trying cases individually would sap its money to pay claims.
Of course, neither is willing to accept responsibility for the budget deficits that sap the economy.
They could sap the energies needed for an orderly transition to democracy and take precious time away from pressing economic problems.
Tired Retired It's hard to get up in the morning, I don't seem to have any sap.
In Marvin's sugarbush, sap tubing _ which is often green or purple _ stretches like a psychedelic clothesline as it's strung from tree to tree.
They would gain more insight into Nigeria's plight, and why 'sap' was introduced in the first place.
He struggles on until the autumn. A stormy party conference (spiced with the revelations promised in Lady Thatcher's memoirs) and an anaemic economic recovery sap what remains of his political authority.
Johnson and state Rep. Fred Blair of Dallas criticized the use of at-large districts, which they said sap the voting strength of minorities.
One reason is concern that AIDS tracing would sap scarce funds for classic VD control, says Wendy Wertheimer of the American Social Health Association.
That means less water in the sap, and a lot less boiling time to turn it into syrup.
Second-quarter earnings worries continued to sap some stocks.
Friday, Switzerland's central bank may have sold up to $1 billion to sap the dollar's strength, traders say.
Also we would never use the system to compare the performance of one driver with another.' At American Barrick, Mr Smith also says the system need not necessarily sap employee morale.
The weakness of foreign trade continues to sap the economy's domestic vitality: but for a rising trade deficit, the US would have grown by 3.6 per cent in the year to the second quarter, rather than the 2.9 per cent actually record.
There are loads of sap, and it has been making good-tasting syrup, too.
These and the burden remaining from three wars with Israel combine with the fall in oil revenue to sap Mr. Mubarak's heroic efforts to reform Egypt's economy.
Nut size, however, is up significantly from last year." While cooler mid-Atlantic waters continue to sap Hurricane Erin's strength today, forecasters say it's too early to waive caution.
"If you spent your whole life trying to build things, some of these things sap your energy and you feel frustrated," he said.
Without cool nights and warm days, sap doesn't run.
At Last has shunned retailers, which can sap the resources of a small manufacturer.
She's really looking at the importance of genetic traits in sap production and yield and so forth," said Marvin.
"The debt overhang continues to sap the economic strength of the region, undermining its ability to import more and invest more," the report said.
Each required individual treatment in the seasoning process. Invariably, some degree of straightening was required, which was best done before the sap had dried out.
Government officials did not move quickly against Hamas, apparently believing it would sap support from the Palestine Liberation Organization.

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