soap 1 S3 / səʊp $ soʊp / 名词

1 [可数和不可数名词] the substance that you use to wash your body → detergent :

Wash thoroughly with soap and water .

a bar of soap

2 [可数名词] informal a soap opera

COLLOCATIONS

短语

a bar of soap She was washing herself with a big bar of soap.

soap and water Did you wash your hands with soap and water?

soap + NOUN

a soap bubble a sink filled with soap bubbles

soap suds (= a lot of soap bubbles ) She paused and looked at him, her arms covered in soap suds.

a soap dish (= a container for a bar of soap )

a soap dispenser (= a container from which you get liquid soap )

形容词

scented/perfumed soap His hands smelled of perfumed soap.

动词

soap lathers (= it produces bubbles when made wet ) Soap will not lather in hard water.