supping

1. VERB (尤指小口地)喝,呷,啜
   If you sup something, you drink it, especially by taking small amounts.
   1. We supped mulled wine.
      我们小口地喝着热葡萄酒。
2. VERB 吃晚饭;进晚餐
   If you sup, you eat dinner in the evening.
   1. He had been invited to sup with a colleague and his wife.
      他已经受邀和一位同事及其夫人共进晚餐。

1. Historically, in certain primitive tribal cultures, the mere act of supping on rice together bound a couple in matrimony, as eating this local food together implied their living together.
   历史上，在某些原始部落的文明里，只能是婚姻中的夫妇两人在一起吃大米，因为一起吃这种当地食物暗示着他们将共同生活。
2. Supping on cold potatoes was never very satisfying.
   用餐迟了吃冷土豆总是不令人满意的。
3. All this will mean supping with less-than-savoury figures.
   这一切意味着要亲近那些不太让人愉快的人物。
4. He spends most of his evenings in the pub, supping beer.
   他大多数晚上在酒吧喝啤酒。
5. Analysis of actuality and countermeasures of management and selling on fallow biting and supping industry Expounding the Mutuality between the Development of Fallow Industry and Comprehensively Constructing a Comfortably-off Society
   休闲餐饮业的现状分析及营销对策论休闲产业发展与和谐社会建设的互动性

noun

1. ingestion of liquid food with a spoon or by drinking