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sappy

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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sap·py /ˈsæpi/ adjective  1 American EnglishEMOTIONAL expressing love and emotions in a way that seems silly 一味缠绵悱恻的,多情得近乎痴傻的 SYN British English soppy a sappy song 缠绵悱恻的歌曲2. HBPfull of sap (=liquid in a plant) 〔植物〕多汁液的
Examples from the Corpus
sappyIf the plant grows emersed, the leaves are dark green, stiff, leathery, sappy and very acutely branched.Just plain sappy is more like it.In a sappy January 19 letter, Likins informed them they have one month to submit their appeal documentation to him.a sappy love songNo sharp notes of sappy odours textured the blue air.With clunky writing, the characters are simply shallow, callow and cold, when not being sappy or self-pitying.Each of us struggles daily in a never-ending war between our brilliant selves and our sappy selves.
sap·py adjectiveChineseSyllable
way expressing and Corpus a in love emotions


sappy
sappy /ˈsæpi/ adjective
1. American English expressing love and emotions in a way that seems silly
   SYN  soppy British English:
    a sappy song
2. full of sap (=liquid in a plant)


sappyBrE /ˈsæpi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsæpi/ 🔊 adjective (sap·pier, sap·piest) (NAmE, informal) = soppy (of plants 植物) full of sap (= liquid) 汁液丰富的