n.
    
      - 調味醬,醬汁[U][C]
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This 
sauce uses mushroom as its seasoning.
這調味醬用蘑菇作調料。
 
      - 【美】果醬[U]
 
      - 增加趣味的東西,樂趣[U][C][(+to)]
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Fame is only one of the 
sauces of life.
人生有諸多樂趣,名望只是其中之一。
 
      - 【口】莽撞,冒失無禮(的話)[U][S1]
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She had the 
sauce to say she'd never go there again.
她竟然放肆地說她再也不去那兒了。
 
    
    vt.
    
      - 給……加調味汁
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She 
sauced the beef with pepper.
她用胡椒給牛肉調味。
 
      - 給……添加趣味[(+with)]
 
      - 【口】對……莽撞;對……說不禮貌的話
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Good boys don't 
sauce their parents.
好孩子不會對父母無禮的。
 
    
   
  片語
  
    What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
    
      - 適用於此者亦適彼。
 
    
   
  辨析
  
 
  n.
    - a liquid or semi-liquid substance served with food to add moistness and flavour.
 - N. Amer. stewed fruit, especially apples.
 - 
(the sauce)
 informal alcoholic drink.
 - informal, chiefly Brit. impertinence.
 
v.
   - season with a sauce.
 - make more interesting and exciting.
 - informal be impudent to.
 
 
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr., based on L. salsus ‘salted’, past part. of salere ‘to salt’, from sal ‘salt’; cf. salad.