soap

肥皂

[美俚]钱(尤指贿赂); 奉承, 胡话

【化】脂肪酸盐

soap

a cleaning or emulsifying agent made by reacting animal or vegetable fats or oils with potassium or sodium hydroxide. Soaps often contain colouring matter and perfume and act by emulsifying grease and lowering the surface tension of water, so that it more readily penetrates open materials such as textilesSee detergent

any metallic salt of a fatty acid, such as palmitic or stearic acidSee metallic soap

flattery or persuasive talk (esp in the phrase soft soap)

short for soap opera

money, esp for bribery

to apply soap to

to flatter or talk persuasively to.to bribe