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单词 souse
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Definition of souse in English:

souse

verb saʊssaʊs
  • with object Soak in or drench with liquid.

    the chips were well soused with vinegar
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Shredded carrots are soused in soy sauce and mixed with sesame seeds, coriander and arame, a Japanese algae seaweed product.
    • Choppy waves soused the seaweed which clung to the rocks.
    • My savarin with rum and muscatel tasted like a stale doughnut soused in wine.
    Synonyms
    drench, soak, steep, douse, saturate, plunge, immerse, dip, submerge, sink, dunk
noun saʊssaʊs
  • 1mass noun Liquid used for pickling.

    he liked to make salt-fish souse
    1. 1.1North American, West Indian Food, especially a pig's head, in pickle.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Other popular dishes are dumpling and pig-tail or cow-heel soup, souse, and chicken stew.
      • Special occasions often call for pudding and souse, the first a spicy mashed sweet potato encased in pigs belly, and boiled pig's head served with a ‘pickle’ of onions, hot and sweet peppers, cucumbers, and lime.
      • Another popular Barbadian dish is pudding and souse, traditionally a special Saturday meal.
      • She includes many Caribbean specialities, like souse, and ackee and saltfish, and the glowing photography makes even something as plain as yam in butter sauce look like a long-awaited feast.
      • I ate pigfoot souse, which I hadn't in a couple years.
  • 2informal A drunkard.

    he's a roaring souse
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Of what value dignity, if you're already a drunken souse and there's nothing else to lose?
    • You think I've become an old souse, don't you?
    • Crew cut lads fresh from college would put aside their childish experimentations with wine and beer, join a respectable company, and start the business of learning how to belt hard liquor from the seasoned souses at work.
    • The guy at the bar was a souse, a wino.
    • And the next night you have to be at an endless reception dinner, listening to too many toasts by too many souses.
    • His most famous souse, Sir John Falstaff, is a bloated, devious, clown.
    Synonyms
    drinker, serious drinker, hard drinker, problem drinker, alcoholic
    1. 2.1dated A period of heavy drinking.
      Synonyms
      drinking bout, binge

Origin

Late Middle English (as a noun denoting pickled meat): from Old French sous 'pickle', of Germanic origin; related to salt.

Rhymes

douse, dowse, Gauss, grouse, house, Klaus, louse, Manaus, mouse, nous, Rouse, spouse, Strauss
 
 

Definition of souse in US English:

souse

verbsaʊssous
[with object]
  • Soak in or drench with liquid.

    souse the quilts in warm suds until thoroughly clean
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Shredded carrots are soused in soy sauce and mixed with sesame seeds, coriander and arame, a Japanese algae seaweed product.
    • My savarin with rum and muscatel tasted like a stale doughnut soused in wine.
    • Choppy waves soused the seaweed which clung to the rocks.
    Synonyms
    drench, soak, steep, douse, saturate, plunge, immerse, dip, submerge, sink, dunk
nounsaʊssous
  • 1Liquid, typically salted, used for pickling.

    1. 1.1North American, West Indian Pickled food, especially a pig's head.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • She includes many Caribbean specialities, like souse, and ackee and saltfish, and the glowing photography makes even something as plain as yam in butter sauce look like a long-awaited feast.
      • Another popular Barbadian dish is pudding and souse, traditionally a special Saturday meal.
      • I ate pigfoot souse, which I hadn't in a couple years.
      • Special occasions often call for pudding and souse, the first a spicy mashed sweet potato encased in pigs belly, and boiled pig's head served with a ‘pickle’ of onions, hot and sweet peppers, cucumbers, and lime.
      • Other popular dishes are dumpling and pig-tail or cow-heel soup, souse, and chicken stew.
  • 2informal A drunkard.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Of what value dignity, if you're already a drunken souse and there's nothing else to lose?
    • And the next night you have to be at an endless reception dinner, listening to too many toasts by too many souses.
    • His most famous souse, Sir John Falstaff, is a bloated, devious, clown.
    • You think I've become an old souse, don't you?
    • The guy at the bar was a souse, a wino.
    • Crew cut lads fresh from college would put aside their childish experimentations with wine and beer, join a respectable company, and start the business of learning how to belt hard liquor from the seasoned souses at work.
    Synonyms
    drinker, serious drinker, hard drinker, problem drinker, alcoholic
    1. 2.1dated A drinking bout.
      Synonyms
      drinking bout, binge

Origin

Late Middle English (as a noun denoting pickled meat): from Old French sous ‘pickle’, of Germanic origin; related to salt.

 
 
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