suds: [16] Suds was probably borrowed from Middle Dutch sudse ‘marsh, swamp’ (it was used in the East Anglian dialect for ‘muddy swamp water’ or ‘flood water’, and probably the notion of scum or flotsam on such water led on to ‘floating bubbles, lather’ – first recorded at the end of the 15th century). The word’s ultimate source is no doubt the prehistoric Germanic base *suth- ‘boil’, which also produced English seethe and sodden. => seethe, sodden
suds (n.)
1540s, "dregs, leavings, muck," especially in East Anglia, "ooze left by flood" (according to OED this may be the original sense), perhaps borrowed from Middle Dutch sudse "marsh, bog," or related words in Frisian and Low German, cognate with Old English soden "boiled," from Proto-Germanic *suth-, from PIE *seut- "to seethe, boil" (see seethe). Meaning "soapy water" dates from 1580s; slang meaning "beer" first attested 1904. Related: Sudsy.
双语例句
1. He had soap suds in his ears.
他耳朵里进了肥皂泡。
来自柯林斯例句
2. She was up to her elbows in suds.
她肘部以下都是肥皂沫子。
来自《权威词典》
3. We like to drink suds together every Friday night.
星期五晚上我们喜欢聚在一起喝啤酒.
来自辞典例句
4. The soap - suds were yet smoking while she wiped off her arms.
她正擦着胳膊,上面肥皂水还冒着热气.
来自辞典例句
5. The little girl bubbles air into her soap - suds.
