來自古法語 sauce,沙司，來自 sausse,沙司，來自拉丁語 salsa,鹽漬的，加鹽的食物，詞源同 salt,souse.字母 l 軟化成 u.引申比喻義加料，粗俗行為。
英文詞源
sauce
sauce: [14] Sauce is one of a range of English words (others include salad, salary, and sausage) that go back ultimately to Latin sāl ‘salt’ (a relative of English salt). From it was formed the adjective salsus ‘salted’, whose feminine form salsa was used in Vulgar Latin for a ‘brine dressing or pickle’. This later evolved into Italian and Spanish salsa ‘sauce’ (the latter adopted into English as salsa [20]) and French sauce, from which English gets sauce.
The derivative saucy ‘cheeky’ no doubt arose from the ‘piquancy’ or ‘tartness’ of sauces. Saucer [14] originally meant ‘sauceboat’, and was borrowed from Old French saussier, a derivative of sauce. The modern application to a ‘dish for a cup’ did not evolve until the 18th century. => salt, saucer
sauce (n.)
mid-14c., from Old French sauce, sausse, from Latin salsa "things salted, salt food," noun use of fem. singular or neuter plural of adjective salsus "salted," from past participle of Old Latin sallere "to salt," from sal (genitive salis) "salt" (see salt (n.)).
Meaning "something which adds piquancy to words or actions" is recorded from c. 1500; sense of "impertinence" first recorded 1835 (see saucy, and compare sass). Slang meaning "liquor" first attested 1940.
sauce (v.)
mid-15c., "to season," from sauce (n.). From 1862 as "to speak impertinently." Related: Sauced; saucing.
雙語例句
1. Cook the sauce over a low heat until it boils and thickens.
以小火加熱醬汁至其沸騰變濃。
來自柯林斯例句
2. So many things are unsafe these days—milk, cranberry sauce, what have you.
現如今很多食品都不安全——牛奶、藍莓醬等等。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Make sure that your meal won't be smothered with white sauce.
千萬不要把自己的飯菜上都涂滿白汁沙司。
來自柯林斯例句
4. The sauce was too runny and not cheesy enough.
醬汁太稀，奶酪味不足。
來自柯林斯例句
5. There'snothing like fresh basil to put a zing into a tomato sauce.