pop

英 [pɒp] 美 [pɑp]
  • n. 流行音乐;汽水;砰然声;枪击
  • vi. 突然出现;爆开;射击;瞪大;发出爆裂声
  • vt. 取出;开枪打;抛出;突然伸出;突然行动
  • adj. 流行的;通俗的;热门的
  • adv. 突然;砰地
  • abbr. 邮局协议(post office protocol)
  • n. (Pop)人名;(罗、捷、塞)波普

中文词源


pop 砰,爆裂,突然出现

拟声词。

英文词源


pop (n.1)
"a hit with an explosive sound," c. 1400, of imitative origin. Meaning "flavored carbonated beverage" is from 1812.
A new manufactory of a nectar, between soda-water and ginger-beer, and called pop, because 'pop goes the cork' when it is drawn. [Southey, letter, 1812]
Sense of "ice cream on a stick" is from 1923 (see popsicle). Meaning "the (brief) time of a 'pop'" is from 1530s. Pop goes the weasel, a country dance, was popular 1850s in school yards, with organ grinders, at court balls, etc.
pop (adj.)
"having popular appeal," 1926, of individual songs from many genres; 1954 as a noun, as genre of its own; abbreviation of popular; earlier as a shortened form of popular concert (1862), and often in the plural form pops. Pop art first recorded 1957, said to have been in use conversationally among Independent group of artists from late 1954. Pop culture attested from 1959, short for popular culture (attested by 1846).
pop (n.2)
"father," 1838, chiefly American English, shortened from papa (1680s), from French papa, from Old French, a children's word, similar to Latin pappa. Form poppa is recorded from 1897.
pop (v.)
"cause to make a short, quick sound," mid-15c.; intransitive sense "make a short, quick sound" is from 1570s; imitative. Of eyes, "to protrude" (as if about to burst), from 1670s. Sense of "to appear or put suddenly" (often with up, off, in, etc.) is recorded from mid-15c. Baseball sense of "to hit a ball high in the air" is from 1867. To pop the question is from 1725, specific sense of "propose marriage" is from 1826. Related: Popped; popping.

双语例句


1. "Pop-Pop" is her jazziest album ever.
Pop-Pop是她最具有爵士乐风格的一张专辑。

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2. The radio had fed him a diet of pop songs.
他从广播里听到的都是千篇一律的流行歌曲。

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3. Somalia, pop. 7.9 million, income per head about £1.60 a week.
索马里,人口790万,人均收入大约每周1.60英镑。

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4. I'll make the tea and you pop off for a while.
我来备茶,你去歇一会儿吧。

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5. She has some cockeyed delusions about becoming a pop star.
她还幻想着自己能成为流行歌星。

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