| 释义 |
sauce/sɔ:s/ n. & v.●n. 1 a liquid or semi-solid accompaniment to food, often of a specified flavour etc.; the liquid constituent of a dish 沙司；调味汁；酱油佐料 mint sauce 薄荷酱; tomato sauce 番茄酱; chicken in a lemon sauce 柠檬汁鸡 2 something adding piquancy or excitement 增加情趣(或刺激)的东西，佐料 3 esp. Brit. colloq. impudence, impertinence, cheek [尤英口]粗鲁；无礼；冒失；唐突 4 N. Amer. stewed fruit esp. apples, eaten as dessert or used as a garnish [北美]炖水果(尤指炖苹果，作为甜食或配菜) ●v. tr. 1 colloq. be impudent to; cheek [口]粗鲁；唐突；无礼；冒失 2 archaic [古义]a season with sauce or condiments (用酱油或辛辣佐料)调味 b add excitement to 使增加趣味 □ (what is) sauce for the goose (is sauce for the gander) what is appropriate in one case (by implication appropriate in others) 适用于甲的(东西)也一定适用于乙 □ sauceless adj.[Middle English from Old French, ultimately from Latin salsus, via salere sals- ‘to salt’ from sal ‘salt’] |