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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.
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