sapping

v. 逐渐削弱（某人[某事物]的力量、活力等）( sap的现在分词 ); 逐渐消耗（某人的力量、活力等）; 近迫作业; 下切

词形变化

sappings 复数 sappings

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The act by which something is sapped or depleted.

    December 22, 1821, Joseph Story, Address Delivered Before the Members of the New-England Society, in Charleston [The government] may be destroyed by popular violence, or the madness of party, or the deeper sappings of corruption.

  2. 2.

    The act of excavating trenches.

  3. 3.

    The act of striking with a sap or club.

v.
  1. 1.

    present participle and gerund of sap