• n. 肥皂水；泡沫
• vt. 用肥皂水洗
• vi. 形成起泡肥皂水

可能來自古英語 soden,煮沸的，冒泡的，來自 Proto-Germanic*suth,煮沸，來自 PIE*seut,煮沸， 詞源同 seethe,sodden,sutler.后引申詞義肥皂泡以及俚語詞義啤酒。

suds

suds: [16] Suds was probably borrowed from Middle Dutch sudse ‘marsh, swamp’ (it was used in the East Anglian dialect for ‘muddy swamp water’ or ‘flood water’, and probably the notion of scum or flotsam on such water led on to ‘floating bubbles, lather’ – first recorded at the end of the 15th century). The word’s ultimate source is no doubt the prehistoric Germanic base *suth- ‘boil’, which also produced English seethe and sodden.
=> seethe, sodden

suds (n.)

1540s, "dregs, leavings, muck," especially in East Anglia, "ooze left by flood" (according to OED this may be the original sense), perhaps borrowed from Middle Dutch sudse "marsh, bog," or related words in Frisian and Low German, cognate with Old English soden "boiled," from Proto-Germanic *suth-, from PIE *seut- "to seethe, boil" (see seethe). Meaning "soapy water" dates from 1580s; slang meaning "beer" first attested 1904. Related: Sudsy.

1. He had soap suds in his ears.

他耳朵里進了肥皂泡。

來自柯林斯例句

2. She was up to her elbows in suds.

她肘部以下都是肥皂沫子。

來自《權威詞典》

3. We like to drink suds together every Friday night.

星期五晚上我們喜歡聚在一起喝啤酒.

來自辭典例句

4. The soap - suds were yet smoking while she wiped off her arms.

她正擦著胳膊,上面肥皂水還冒著熱氣.

來自辭典例句

5. The little girl bubbles air into her soap - suds.

小姑娘向她的肥皂泡中吹氣.

來自辭典例句