sauce
noun uk/sɔːs/ us/sɑːs/
(THICK LIQUID)
A2 [ C or U ]沙司，调味汁，酱
a thick liquid eaten with food to add flavour
a savoury/sweet sauce 咸／甜沙司
tomato sauce 西红柿酱
[ U ] slang酒
alcohol
He's been on the sauce (= drinking too much alcohol) again. 他又酗酒了。
- More examples
- a creamy sauce
- a mild chilli sauce
- Add a pinch of salt to the sauce.
- Stir the sauce gently until it begins to boil.
- Thicken the sauce with a little flour.
(RUDENESS)
[ U ] old-fashioned无礼的话，粗俗的话
remarks that are rude or show no respect
That's enough of your sauce, my girl! 你无礼的话说够了吧，我的小姐！
Idiom
what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the ganderidiom old-fashioned saying 适用于此者也应适用于彼;应该一视同仁
said to emphasize that if one person is allowed to do something or to behave in a particular way, then another person must be allowed to do that thing or behave in that way, too