sauce
n
1 [C, U] (type of) liquid or semi-liquid mixture served with food to add flavour 沙司; 调味汁; 酱
tomato, soy, cranberry, etc `sauce 番茄酱、 酱油、 越橘沙司
fruit pudding and brandy sauce 水果布丁和白兰地调味汁
What sauces go best with fish? 吃鱼配哪种调味汁最好?
[attrib 作定语]
a `sauce bottle 沙司瓶. Cf 参看 pickle 1, relish 3.
2 [U] (infml 口) disrespectful rudeness, often of a harmless kind 无礼, 莽撞(常指无伤大雅的)
We'll have no more of your sauce, young man! 小伙子, 别对我们这麽不客气! Cf 参看 sass.
3 the sauce [sing]
(US infml 口) alcoholic drink 烈酒
Keep off the sauce! 别喝烈酒!
4 (idm 习语) in the `sauce (US infml 口) having had a lot of alcohol; drunk 饮酒过多的; 醉的. what is ,sauce for the `goose is , sauce for the `gander (saying 谚) what applies to one person must apply to another in similar circumstances 适用於一人也一定适用於另一人
If you can arrive late, then so can I
what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. 你可以迟到, 那我也可以晚来
一视同仁嘛. > sauce v [Tn]
(infml 口) be disrespectfully rude to (sb) 对(某人)无礼或粗鲁
Don't you dare sauce me! 你竟敢对我无礼! Cf 参看 sass v. saucy adj (-ier, -iest)
1 disrespectfully rude 无礼的; 莽撞的
You saucy little thing! 你这个鲁莽的小东西!
2 (esp of clothes) smart and cheerful; jaunty (尤指衣物)时髦的, 漂亮的
a saucy little hat 漂亮的小帽.
🎯 考研助记
寿司(谐音)是 调味品 sauce(酱汁)用saucer(碟子)装
🔁 扩展释义
*[sɒ:s]n. 酱油, 调味汁, 酱vt. 给...调味, 使增加趣味相关词组: have more sauce than pig serve sb with the same sauce eat sauce
They got on so well that Fred decided not to go to the lecture but to show the tourist around the university instead.
他们相处得很融洽,于是弗雷德决定不去听课,而带领这位游客到这所大学各处参观。
It soon became clear that the straight part of the dance changed when the sun's position changed. If the feeding place was toward the sun, the dancer headed straight upward during the straight part of the wagging dance.