a short cylindrical tube of minced pork, beef, or other meat encased in a skin, typically sold raw to be grilled or fried before eating (供炙烤或油煎后食用的生)香肠,腊肠 ■[mass noun]a cylindrical tube of minced pork, beef, or other meat seasoned and cooked or preserved, sold mainly to be eaten cold in slices (供切片冷食的熟)香肠,腊肠 smoked German sausage. 德国熏肠。 ■[usu. as modifier]used in references to the characteristic cylindrical shape of sausages 香肠形状 mould into a sausage shape. 做成香肠形状。
(Brit.)used as an affectionate form of address, especially to a child (英)(亲密称呼)小家伙,小子 ‘Silly sausage,’ he teased. “傻小子,”他打趣说。
常用词组 not a sausage
(Brit. informal)nothing at all (英,非正式)毫不,一点也不
语源
late Middle English: from Old Northern French saussiche, from medieval Latin salsicia, from Latin salsus 'salted' (see sauce)