souse

名词 n. 动词 v. 副词 adv.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of sousing, or swooping.
    — Eft fierce retourning as a foulcon fayre, / That once hath failed of her souse full neare
  2. Pronunciation spelling of source. Internet,US,alt-of,pronunciation-spelling
  3. A sou (the French coin). obsolete
  4. Something kept or steeped in brine.; The pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine.
    — And he that can rear up a pig in his house, / Hath cheaper his bacon, and sweeter his souse.
  5. A heavy blow.
    — With that his murdrous mace he vp did reare, / That seemed nought the souse thereof could beare,
  6. A small amount. dated
  7. Something kept or steeped in brine.; The pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine.; Pickled scrapple. Appalachia,US
  8. Something kept or steeped in brine.; The pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine.; Pickled or boiled ears and feet of a pig Caribbean
  9. Something kept or steeped in brine.; A pickle made with salt.
  10. Something kept or steeped in brine.; The ear; especially, a hog's ear.
  11. The act of sousing; a plunging into water.
  12. A drunkard.
    — "If there's any, giving in charge here I'll give you in charge for sneaking my beer, you slop-bellied old souse!" exclaimed Peter.
动词 v.
  1. To immerse in liquid; to steep or drench. transitive
    — (Although I bee well soused in this showere,)
  2. To strike, beat. dialectal,transitive
  3. To steep in brine; to pickle. transitive
  4. To fall heavily. dialectal,intransitive
    — Him so transfixed she before her bore / Beyond his croupe, the length of all her launce; / Till, sadly soucing on the sandy shore, / He tombled on an heape, and wallowd in his gore.
  5. To pounce upon. obsolete,transitive
    — [The gallant monarch] like an eagle o'er his eyrie towers, / To souse annoyance that comes near his nest.
副词 adv.
  1. Suddenly, without warning. archaic,dialectal,not-comparable
    — Mr Nash […] suddenly taking the gentleman by the collar of his coat, and waistband of his breeches, threw him souse over the parapet to the object of his love.

词形变化

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词源

词源 1
From Middle English souse (“to salt pickle”) also a noun (“liquid for pickling,” “pickled pig parts”), from Old French sous (“preserved in salt”), from Frankish *sultija (“saltwater, brine”), from Proto-Germanic *sultijō (“saltwater, brine”). Cognate with Old Saxon sultia (“saltwater”), Old High German sulza (“brine”).
词源 2
Obscure origin. Compare Middle German sûs (“noise”).
词源 3
Borrowed from French, from Old French sous (plural of sout), from Latin solidus. Compare solidus (“gold coin of the late Roman empire”).
词源 4
First appeared online during the Bush administration.
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