英语词汇“to sass back”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

2. to sass back.

a. transitive and intransitive. To reply to (a person, esp. someone in authority) in an insolent, disrespectful, or cheeky manner; to answer back.

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1862 ‘E. Kirke’ Among Pines v. 117 He..called him a d— ab'lishener, jess 'cause Massa K— wudn't get mad and sass him back.

1866 Weekly Panola (Mississippi) Star 5 May I ain't gwine tur encourage none of the feller's what's bin sassis at us when we could'ent sass back.

1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn xxvii. 280 The king sassed back, as much as was safe for him.

1947 L. Lenski Judy's Journey x. 140 You only rile folks when you sass 'em back that-a-way.

1998 B. Kingsolver Poisonwood Bible (1999) ii. 120 I do believe that man was a sinner, the way he sassed back at Father.

b. transitive. With direct speech or clause as object: to retort.

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1892 Cincinnati Commerc. Gaz. 15 Feb. 4/5 Recovering, he sassed back: ‘I am pretty well, and how are you, Mr. Ingersoll?’

1915 Farm, Field & Fireside 30 Jan. 10/3 ‘Lay eggs in this shack? Not a one’, she sassed back.

1924 K. Burke White Oxen 243 Hobbes had maintained that he could; Miss MacIntyre had sassed back that he couldn't.

1928 M. C. Sharpe Chicago May vi. 50 ‘I won't shut up’, I sassed back at the judge.

2012 F. J. Lennon Devil's Gate xxix. 299 ‘Or what?’ I sass back. ‘I end up dead at the bottom of the bridge like your housekeeper?’

单词	to sass back
释义	> as lemmas to sass back 2. to sass back. a. transitive and intransitive. To reply to (a person, esp. someone in authority) in an insolent, disrespectful, or cheeky manner; to answer back. ΚΠ 1862 ‘E. Kirke’ Among Pines v. 117 He..called him a d— ab'lishener, jess 'cause Massa K— wudn't get mad and sass him back. 1866 Weekly Panola (Mississippi) Star 5 May I ain't gwine tur encourage none of the feller's what's bin sassis at us when we could'ent sass back. 1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn xxvii. 280 The king sassed back, as much as was safe for him. 1947 L. Lenski Judy's Journey x. 140 You only rile folks when you sass 'em back that-a-way. 1998 B. Kingsolver Poisonwood Bible (1999) ii. 120 I do believe that man was a sinner, the way he sassed back at Father. b. transitive. With direct speech or clause as object: to retort. ΚΠ 1892 Cincinnati Commerc. Gaz. 15 Feb. 4/5 Recovering, he sassed back: ‘I am pretty well, and how are you, Mr. Ingersoll?’ 1915 Farm, Field & Fireside 30 Jan. 10/3 ‘Lay eggs in this shack? Not a one’, she sassed back. 1924 K. Burke White Oxen 243 Hobbes had maintained that he could; Miss MacIntyre had sassed back that he couldn't. 1928 M. C. Sharpe Chicago May vi. 50 ‘I won't shut up’, I sassed back at the judge. 2012 F. J. Lennon Devil's Gate xxix. 299 ‘Or what?’ I sass back. ‘I end up dead at the bottom of the bridge like your housekeeper?’ extracted from sassv. < as lemmas
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