saucer

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈsɔːsə/|/ˈsoːsə/    美 /ˈsoːsə/|/ˈsɔsɚ/|/ˈsɑsɝ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.
  2. An object round and gently curved, shaped like a saucer.
    — The saucer-shaped object could have been a UFO.
  3. A circular sled without runners.
  4. A small pan or other vessel-like food container in which sauce was set on a table. obsolete
    — Take two saucers , and strike the edge of the one against the bottom of the other , within a pail of water ; and you shall find , that as you put the saucers lower and lower , the sound groweth more flat
  5. A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.
  6. A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.
动词 v.
  1. To pour (tea, etc.) from the cup into the saucer in order to cool it before drinking. transitive
  2. Of the eyes: to become large and round. intransitive
    — Lydia's eyes saucered with shock. Her heart was beating very fast and all her adrenaline kicked in.

词形变化

saucers plural saucers present,singular,third-person saucering participle,present saucered participle,past saucered past

词汇关系

衍生词
cup-and-saucer plant flying saucer sand saucer saucercraft saucer-eyed saucer eyes saucerful saucerian saucerize saucer jelly saucer-leaf saucerless saucerlike saucer pass saucer peach teacup and saucer
相关词
sauce

词源

词源 1
From Middle English saucer, from Old French saussier (and feminine saussiere; hence modern French saucier m, saucière f).
词源 2
From Middle English saucer, from Old French saussier (and feminine saussiere; hence modern French saucier m, saucière f).
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