sausage

sausage
noun
  1. 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。
  2. (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
  1. (Brit. informal)nothing at all
    (英,非正式)毫不,一点也不
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Old Northern French saussiche, from medieval Latin salsicia, from Latin salsus 'salted' (see sauce)
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