单词 | saucing |
释义 | saucingn. 1. The action or process of sauce v. (in various senses); esp. the action or process of flavouring or covering a foodstuff with sauce.figurative in earliest use; cf. sauce v. 3a. With quot. 1836 cf. sauce v. 4. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [noun] > act of displeasing > mixing with unpleasantness saucing1548 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of fowls > [noun] > methods of dressing fowls consy?a1400 consewec1430 saucing1548 compote1747 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Pref. f. vv The sawcyng of pleasures with some kind of misfortune. 1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 83/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II [He] being in a chafe for the wrong sawcing of a patridge, arose suddenlie from the table. 1772 J. Shebbeare Candid Enq. Merits Dr. Cadogan's Diss. iv. 143 A plague on his saucing, pickling, potting, salting, hardening and keeping for ever. 1836 N. B. Tucker George Balcombe II. iii. 39 When we had him fast, then Montague began, and such a saucing he gave him you never heard. 2002 Time Out 2 Jan. 48/3 The cooking is faultless... Foie gras, lobster, perfect timing and careful saucing are all much in evidence. 2. Sauce. ΚΠ 1868 Athenæum 3 Oct. 425/1 There was a time when France, in the excess of its saucings and in the glory of its seasonings, used to twit poor England with having a score of religions and only one fish-sauce! 2014 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 20 Sept. (Final ed.) g6 The sweet and savoury saucing can be tricky but I'm recommending Australian shiraz with its sweet and savoury notes to get the job done. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1548 |
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