- [countable, uncountable]
a thick liquid that is eaten with food to add taste to it 调味汁；酱 tomato/cranberry/chilli sauce 番茄/蔓越莓/辣椒酱 chicken in a white sauce 白沙司鸡肉 ice cream with a hot fudge sauce 浇了热软糖汁的冰淇淋 pasta sauce (= sauce that is served with pasta) 意大利面酱 A honey-mustard dipping sauce helped add flavour to the crab cakes. 蜂蜜芥末蘸酱有助于增加蟹肉蛋糕的味道。 coconut tart served with hot chocolate sauce 配有热巧克力酱的椰子馅饼
Extra ExamplesTopics Fooda2Pour the sauce over the pasta. 把酱汁浇在意大利面食上。 We had lamb with mint sauce. 我们吃了羔羊肉配薄荷酱。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- thick
- thin
- buttery
- …
- make
- prepare
- reduce
- …
- boat
- bottle
- in sauce
- with sauce
- [uncountable] (British English, old-fashioned, informal)
talk or behaviour that is annoying or shows no respect 讨厌的话（或举动）；无礼的话（或举动）
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, based on Latin salsus ‘salted’, past participle of salere ‘to salt’, from sal ‘salt’. Compare with salad.
Idioms
what’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander
- (old-fashioned, saying)
what one person is allowed to do, another person must be allowed to do in a similar situation 适于此者亦应适于彼；应该一视同仁