BBC 6分钟英语 如何在非正式英语中使用“pop”

Bubbles, pop, balloons, pop. But do you know how to use pop in informal English?

That's what Shao wants to know.

Some people asking me about popping

and pop out, what does it mean?

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Now on with uses of pop, OK, so in informal English, pop just means go somewhere for a short time, so you can pop too, A place.

I'm just gonna pop to the hairdressers back.

Don't ask. You could also use pop with the preposition out.

And this means you go out of the place you're in for a short amount of time, just gonna pop out and take this call.

We often use it to talk about leaving home for a short time.

I'm just gonna pop out to get some milk and back.

We can also use pop in or into.

If you go inside a place for a short time, it's going to pop in the bank and get some money out.

We often use pop In to talk about visiting someone in their home.

This is very casual and informal.

Why do you pop in for a quick couple?

We can also use pop over or pop round, to mean go to someone's house for a short time.

Do you want to pop for a couple later?

It's very casual, very familiar. So I'll pop over means I'll come to your home.

You pop over means you come to my home.

Okay, I'll pop over and see you this afternoon.

You could also pop back. Getting cold, I'm gonna pop back inside.

You can also use other prepositions.

So use pop up if you're going up somewhere for a short time, e.g.

upstairs, or pop down, e.g. if you're going downstairs, I'll pop up in a bit.

I'm just doing some filming. Careful though, because sometimes words have more than one use in English, so pop up can also mean up here.

Chance videos keep popping up on my feet.

So as you can see, pop is a very useful word to know in English.

In British English, you might also hear knit.

We use it in a similar way.

I'm gonna nip out. I'll nip round and see you later.

I'm just going to nip upstairs.

I'm just going to nip out for a walk.

OK? So we've looked at lots of ways to use pop to talk about moving somewhere, but you can also use pop in informal English.

Instead of put, I'll pop the kettle on, I'm just going to pop the food in the oven.

It's gonna pop the kettle on all I'll pop a bit of cake in the oven too.

Pop. My glasses on, can't see very well.

So as you can see, pop is super useful in English.

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