sauce
noun
Definitions of sauce noun
food(食物)
- A2Countable(可數名詞)Uncountable(不可數名詞)
A thick liquid, often served with food, used to enhance flavor.
醬；醬汁
A savory/sweet sauce.
鹹味/甜味醬汁。
This dish is best served with tomato sauce.
這道菜最好搭配番茄醬食用。
The chef poured a special mushroom sauce over the steak.
廚師在牛排上淋了一種特別的蘑菇醬。
drink(飲品)
- Uncountable(不可數名詞)slang(俚語)
Alcoholic drinks; liquor.
醬；醬料
It seems he's back on the sauce again.
看來他又開始喝酒了。
They were drinking all night; they definitely had a lot of sauce.
他們整晚都在喝酒；他們肯定喝了不少酒。
He had quite a bit of sauce at the party over the weekend.
他在上週末的派對上喝了不少酒。
speech(言語)
- Uncountable(不可數名詞)old-fashioned(過時)
Rude or disrespectful comments.
無禮；粗魯
That's enough of your sauce, it's very disrespectful.
夠了你的無禮言論，這非常不尊重人。
I don't want to hear your sauce anymore.
我不想再聽到你的無禮言論了。
Everyone was shocked by her sauce and disrespect.
每個人都對她的無禮言論和不尊重感到震驚。
Idioms
- What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander
This idiom is used to emphasize that rules or standards should be applied equally to everyone; if something is acceptable for one person, it should also be acceptable for another in similar circumstances.
己所欲，亦勿施於人；一視同仁。
• If the company allows John to work from home, then Mary should have the same right.
如果公司允許約翰在家工作，那麼瑪麗也應該有同樣的權利。
- what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander
This idiom is used to emphasize that rules or standards should be applied equally to everyone; if one person is allowed to do something, then another person should be allowed to do the same.
己所欲，亦勿施於人（適用於任何人）
• She complained that if her brother could stay out late, then she should be able to as well, saying 'what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.'
她抱怨說，如果她的兄弟可以晚歸，那麼她也應該可以，並說『適用於一方的標準也應適用於另一方』。