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Unit 1 Book 3

1．de·lec·ta·ble adj formal Origin: délectable, from Latin delectare 'to please greatly' extremely pleasant to taste or smell

= delicious

Delectable smells rose from the kitchen.

used , often humorously, to describe a very attractive woman

2．soy; soybean大豆，黄豆

soy sauce noun[U] (ALSO UK soya sauce)

a strong-tasting dark brown liquid made from fermented soya beans and used especially in Chinese and Japanese cooking

soya bean noun[C usually plural] (MAINLY US soybean)

a small edible bean grown especially in Asia and the US, which is used as a food for people and animals

soya/ˈsɔɪ.ə/noun[U] (US soy)

soya beans as a crop

sauce 【1】[C, U] (type of) liquid or semi-liquid mixture served with food to add flavour 沙司; 调味汁; 酱:

★tomato, soy, cranberry, etc `sauce 番茄酱、酱油、越橘沙司

★fruit pudding and brandy sauce 水果布丁和白兰地调味汁

★What sauces go best with fish? 吃鱼配哪种调味汁最好?

★[attrib 作定语] a `sauce bottle 沙司瓶. Cf 参看pickle 1, relish 3.

【2】[U] (infml 口) disrespectful rudeness, often of a harmless kind 无礼, 莽撞（常指无伤大雅的）:

★We'll have no more of your sauce, young man! 小伙子, 别对我们这么不客气! Cf 参看sass.

【3】the sauce [sing] (US infml 口) alcoholic drink 烈酒:

★Keep off the sauce! 别喝烈酒!

【4】(idm 习语)in the `sauce (US infml 口) having had a lot of alcohol; drunk 饮酒过多的; 醉的.

◆what is ,sauce for the `goose is , sauce for the `gander (saying 谚) what applies to one person must apply to another in similar circumstances 适用于一人也一定适用于另一人:

★If you can arrive late, then so can I: what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. 你可以迟到, 那我也可以晚来: 一视同仁嘛.

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◆sauce ［v］[Tn] (infml 口) be disrespectfully rude to (sb) 对（某人）无礼或粗鲁:

★Don't you dare sauce me! 你竟敢对我无礼! Cf 参看sass［v］. saucy ［adj］(-ier, -iest)

【1】disrespectfully rude 无礼的; 莽撞的:

★You saucy little thing! 你这个鲁莽的小东西!

【2】(esp of clothes) smart and cheerful; jaunty （尤指衣物）时髦的, 漂亮的: ★ a saucy little hat 漂亮的小帽.

◆saucily/-IlI; -ElI/［adv］. sauciness ［n］[U].复－compounds ◆`sauce-boat ［n］container for serving sauce （船形的）沙司碟.▲

bean (as used in expressions)

azuki bean

cocoa bean

cacao bean

soya bean

bean curd

adzuki bean

bean counter

bean sprouts

bean thread

black bean

broad bean

fava bean

butter bean

Calabar bean

cannellini bean

castor bean

French bean

garbanzo bean

great northern bean

green bean

jack bean

jelly bean

jequirity bean

jumping bean

kidney bean

lima bean

locust bean

Mexican bean beetle

Mexican jumping bean

moth bean

mung bean

navy bean

pea bean

pinto bean

pole bean

red bean

runner bean

scarlet runner bean

shell bean

sieva bean