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
Yes, I see. How can they get rid of waste water in this way? What a terrible colour the sea is now! It looks as if our class won't be able to bathe at all.
是的,我看见了。他们怎么能这样排放废水呢?海水的颜色多么可怕呀!看来我们班同学根本不能在这里游泳。
They had to work inside the ship, cutting away old metal, fixing new metal plates, drilling holes, laying electrical and phone wires and fixing new pipes for water and steam.
他们要在船舱里工作,切掉旧的金属,焊接新的金属板,钻孔,埋电线和电话线以及安装新的水管和蒸汽管。
Over the next thirty-two years he fought for human rights and the rights of workers who were badly treated by their employers.