| 单词 | sauce |
| 释义 | sauce n. & v. --n 1. any of various liquid or semi-solid preparations taken as a relish with food; the liquid constituent of a dish (mint sauce; tomato sauce; chicken in a lemon sauce). 2. something adding piquancy or excitement. 3. colloq. impudence, impertinence, cheek. 4. US stewed fruit etc. eaten as dessert or used as a garnish. --vtr. 1. colloq. be impudent to; cheek. 2. archaic a season with sauce or condiments. b add excitement to. Phrases and idioms sauce-boat a kind of jug or dish used for serving sauces etc. sauce for the goose what is appropriate in one case (by implication appropriate in others). Derivatives sauceless adj. Etymology: ME f. OF ult. f. L salsus f. salere sals- to salt f. sal salt |
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