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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- sauce [sɔːs]
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1.
noun
[c/u]
(savoury) 酱
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2.
noun
(sweet) 汁
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1.
noun
[c/u]
(savoury) 酱
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- sauce [sɔs] [sɔːs]
Collins English-English Dictionary
- sauce [sɔːs]
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1.
n
any liquid or semiliquid preparation eaten with food to enhance its flavour
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2.
n
anything that adds piquancy
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3.
n
[US and Canadian]
stewed fruit
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4.
n
[US]
[dialect]
vegetables eaten with meat
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5.
n
[informal]
impudent language or behaviour
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6.
vt.
[tr]
to prepare (food) with sauce
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7.
vt.
to add zest to
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8.
vt.
to make agreeable or less severe
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9.
vt.
[informal]
to be saucy to
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10.
vt.
[Etymology]
C14: via Old French from Latin salsus salted, from sal
i re to sprinkle with salt, from sal salt
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1.
n
any liquid or semiliquid preparation eaten with food to enhance its flavour
Examples
- Creole, creole sauce
- 西红柿、青胡椒、洋葱调料汁 → Creole
- The sauce is too salty, add some hot water and it will be great.
- 酱太咸了，加点儿热水，会更美味。 → add
- He soiled his T-shirt with soy sauce.
- 他的T恤衫沾上了酱油，脏了。 → soil
- Add some more chili to the sauce, it's not spicy enough.
- 再给酱汁加点儿辣椒，还不够辣。
- I want a bottle of soy sauce.
- 我想要一瓶酱油。 → of
- The main course could be a dish with a good rich sauce.
- 主菜可以是一道带有稠厚酱汁的菜肴。 → rich
- Season the sauce to pour over the mashed potatoes.
- 给土豆泥的酱汁里加点儿调料。 → season
- Serve this sauce hot with chicken.
- 这个酱汁要跟鸡肉一起趁热上。 → serve
- I'll have the beefsteak with the Cranberry sauce on the side
- 我想来份牛排，边上再配些越橘酱。
- Taste this sauce and tell me if it's too salty.
- 尝尝这个酱，如果太咸就告诉我。 → taste
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