2.[intransitiveI] old-fashionedDF to eat supper 吃晚饭
—sup noun [countableC]
Examples from the Corpus
sup• He had to watch two more of his company die, for Polyphemus breakfasted as he had supped.• Then he supped hastily from the bonecup of the cranium.• He pushed the harmonium into the place where the mangle had stood, then sat down to sup his mug of tea.• He wandered out into the kitchen and took a pint of milk from the fridge, suppingstraight from the bottle.• He'd been going round the beatsupping this over-proofed rum from the Customs.• Is not the past of the human race gloomy enough for you, without supping upon the imaginaryhorrors of its future?• He'd supped with the devil and no spoon was long enough.