English Dictionary

sap

IPA（発音記号）

/sæp/

動詞

他動詞 自動詞

(transitive) To subvert by digging or wearing away; to mine; to undermine; to destroy the foundation of. / (transitive, military) To pierce with saps.

日本語の意味

（他動詞）掘削や浸食により基礎や構造を弱体化させる、あるいは取り壊す / （軍事用語として）サップ（穴掘り棒）を用いて突き刺す

Long-hidden tunnels sap the castle's outer walls, threatening its collapse.

長年隠れていたトンネルが城の外壁を浸食し、崩壊の危機を招いている。

意味（1）

(transitive) 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.

意味（2）

(transitive, military) To pierce with saps.

意味（3）

(transitive) To make unstable or infirm; to unsettle; to weaken.

Ring out the grief that saps the mind […]

意味（4）

(transitive) To gradually weaken.

to sap one’s conscience

意味（5）

(intransitive) To proceed by mining, or by secretly undermining; to execute saps.

saps （ present singular third-person ）

sapping （ participle present ）

sapped （ participle past ）

sapped （ past ）