少しずつ飲む
解説 Definition
（液体を）少しずつ飲む、すする。現在では主に古風または文語的な表現。
To sup is to drink a liquid slowly or in small amounts, often by taking repeated sips. The verb is now chiefly archaic or literary.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
sup は「飲み物を少量ずつ口にする」という古風な動詞です。sip に近いものの、現代の日常会話では sip のほうが普通です。古英語 sūpan「すする」につながり、supper や soup と歴史的に関連します。文学的な sup wine、sup from a cup という場面で意味を捉えましょう。
Think of sup as an old or literary verb for taking a drink in small amounts. It is close in meaning to sip, the normal modern choice, so imagine someone slowly supping wine from a cup in a historical story. The word belongs to an old Germanic group connected with drinking or taking liquid food; supper and soup are historically related through this idea. Learn the contrast: sip is natural in everyday conversation, while sup is most likely to appear in older writing, poetry, or deliberately elevated language.
例文
He sat by the fire, supping wine from a wooden cup.
彼は暖炉のそばに座り、木の杯からワインを少しずつ飲んでいました。
She supped her tea quietly while reading the letter.
彼女は手紙を読みながら、静かに紅茶をすすりました。
sup の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 sūpan（すする）に由来し、ゲルマン祖語 *sūpaną に遡る。液体を少量ずつ口に運ぶ動作を表す。関連語に supper（夕食＝元はスープをすする食事）、soup（スープ）がある。「すする」という日本語の擬音とも通じる直感的な語である。
Sup descends from Old English supan, “to drink or take liquid into the mouth,” from a Germanic verb reconstructed as supan. Related forms in other Germanic languages carried similar meanings involving drinking, sipping, or swallowing. Soup and supper reached English through French but belong to the same broader Germanic word group: supper originally referred to taking the evening meal, often associated historically with liquid food. The verb sup survives mainly in archaic or literary use.
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