| [/sɔːs; sɔs/] n 用法:
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. 用法:
2 [U] (infml) 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. 用法:
3 the sauce [sing] (US infml) alcoholic drink 烈酒:
Keep off the sauce! 别喝烈酒! 用法:
4 (idm 习语) in the `sauce (US infml) 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) 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) 用法:
1 disrespectfully rude 无礼的; 莽撞的:
You saucy little thing! 你这个鲁莽的小东西! 用法:
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. |