sauce

US: /ˈsɔs/

UK: /sˈɔːs/


English - Vietnamese dictionary

sauce /sɔ:s/
  • danh từ
    • nước xốt
      • tomato sauce: nước xốt cà chua
    • (nghĩa bóng) cái làm thêm thích thú; cái làm thêm thú vị
      • hunger is the best sauce: (tục ngữ) đói bụng thì ngon cơm
    • nước muối, dung dịch muối
    • sự vô lễ, sự láo xược
      • none of your sauce!: không được hỗn!
    • to serve somebody with the same sauce
      • (xem) serve
    • sauce for the goose is suace for the gander
      • (xem) gander
  • ngoại động từ
    • cho nước xốt, thêm nước xốt
    • (từ hiếm,nghĩa hiếm) cho thêm gia vị
    • (nghĩa bóng) làm thích thú, làm thú vị; pha mắm pha muối
    • duộc ghỷ khùn hỗn xược (với ai)

Advanced English dictionary

+ noun
1 [C, U] a thick liquid that is eaten with food to add flavour to it: tomato / cranberry / chilli sauce + chicken in a white wine sauce + ice cream with a hot fudge sauce
See also - SOY SAUCE, TARTARE SAUCE, WHITE SAUCE
2 [U] (old-fashioned, BrE, informal) talk or behaviour that is annoying or lacking in respect
Synonym: CHEEK
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

Thesaurus dictionary

n.
1 gravy, condiment:
That sauce on the meat was truly delicious.
2 impertinence, sauciness, impudence, audacity, insolence, brazenness, pertness, disrespect, disrespectfulness, Colloq cheek, cheekiness, lip, back talk, backchat, brass, nerve, gall, Slang crust, US and Canadian sass, sassiness:
She had the sauce to tell me to pay at once or get out.

Collocation

ADJ.

thick, thin | creamy | piquant, rich, spicy, tangy | delicate | smooth | lumpy | barbecue, chilli, soy, sweet and sour, Tabasco, tomato, white
(= made from butter, flour and milk),
etc.
fish in white sauce
| pasta

VERB + SAUCE

make | thicken | reduce | pour on/over sth, spoon on/over sth
Pour the sauce over the pasta.

SAUCE + VERB

thicken

SAUCE + NOUN

bottle

PREP.

in ~
chicken in white wine sauce
| with ~
We had lamb with mint sauce. > Special page at FOOD


Concise dictionary

sauces|sauced|saucingsɔːs
noun
+flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to food
verb
+behave saucy or impudently towards
+dress (food) with a relish
+add zest or flavor to, make more interesting

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