喜樂美語
  1. 1nB1/ˈsɒːsər/ · /ˈsɔːsə/茶托；杯碟

    a small round plate with edges that curve up a little, which you put a cup on so that it does not mark the table.

    示範例句 · Example

    The café put a small biscuit on the saucer next to my cup.

    逐字咖啡店把一塊小餅乾放在我杯子旁邊的茶托上。

    saucer 是「杯子下面那個小盤子」——邊緣微微往上翹，杯子就穩穩坐在中間，滴出來的茶或咖啡也接得住。它跟 plate（吃飯用的盤子）不一樣：plate 是裝食物的，saucer 幾乎只跟杯子一起出現，所以最常聽到的說法就是 a cup and saucer。saucer 的畫面可以想成「一個淺淺的小碟子」，也因為這個形狀，英文才把天上圓圓扁扁的飛行物叫 flying saucer。

    常見搭配

    • a cup and saucer

      一組杯子和茶托

      a cup together with the small plate it sits on

      Do you prefer a mug or a cup and saucer?

    • a china cup and saucer

      瓷製的杯子和茶托

      a cup and saucer made of fine white pottery

      Grandma keeps her china cups and saucers in the glass cupboard.

    • put a cup on a saucer

      把杯子放到茶托上

      to set a cup down onto its small plate

      He put his cup on the saucer and picked up his book.

    • a set of cups and saucers

      一整套杯子和茶托

      a matching group of cups with their saucers

      They gave my parents a set of cups and saucers as a gift.

    意思相近

    dish

core核心畫面

Think of the little plate that comes with a teacup and is almost useless without it: small, round, flat in the middle, with the rim curving up just enough to hold a few drops. The cup sits in that dip, so the table stays clean and you have somewhere to rest the spoon.

可以想成茶杯底下那個「單獨拿出來沒什麼用」的小盤子：圓圓的、中間平、邊緣微微往上翹，翹到剛好能接住幾滴水就好。杯子就坐在中間那個淺凹裡，桌面不會被杯底沾濕，湯匙也有地方放。

複數 saucers

意思相近

dish

原始詞典資料8 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

saucernoun/ˈsɔːsə/

  • 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

    obsoleteA small pan or other vessel-like food container in which sauce was set on a table.

    • 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.

saucerverb/ˈsɔːsə/

  • 1

    To pour (tea, etc.) from the cup into the saucer in order to cool it before drinking.

  • 2

    Of the eyes: to become large and round.

    • Lydia's eyes saucered with shock. Her heart was beating very fast and all her adrenaline kicked in.

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