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sass someone
sass 作动词时是及物动词，后接被顶嘴的人。
She sassed her teacher and was sent to the principal.
她跟老师顶嘴，被叫去见校长。
无礼话；顶撞的话
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
无礼话；顶撞的话
an impudent or insolent rejoinder
She sassed her teacher and was sent to the principal.
她跟老师顶嘴，被叫去见校长。
无礼、粗鲁的品性。
The quality of being sassy.
尖叫核音乐的一个子流派。
A subgenre of screamo music.
She always sasses her teachers when they remind her about homework.
老师提醒她做作业时，她总是顶嘴。
My nephew sassed his grandmother yesterday, and his mother sent him to his room.
我侄子昨天跟奶奶顶嘴，他妈妈叫他回房间。
Stop sassing your dad and just put on your coat.
别再跟你爸爸顶嘴了，快把外套穿上。
sass 作动词时是及物动词，后接被顶嘴的人。
She sassed her teacher and was sent to the principal.
她跟老师顶嘴，被叫去见校长。
sass 作名词时通常不可数，give someone sass 是常用搭配。
Don't give me sass, young lady.
别跟我顶嘴，小姑娘。
take sass from someone 意为“容忍某人顶撞”，常用于否定句。
The teacher won't take sass from his students.
老师不容忍学生顶嘴。
Not this
Don't sass at your teacher.
Use this
Don't sass your teacher.
sass 作动词是及物动词，表示“顶嘴”，直接接宾语，不需要介词 at。中文“对老师顶嘴”中的“对”被误译成 at，是母语干扰；去掉 at 后符合英语语法。
Not this
He gave me a sass.
Use this
He gave me sass.
sass 作名词是不可数名词，表示“无礼的话/顶撞”，前面不能用不定冠词 a。因此应说 give someone sass，而不加 a。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
顶嘴；回嘴
Don't sass back at me!
别跟我顶嘴！
顶撞某人；对某人出言不逊
She got detention for sassing the teacher.
她因顶撞老师被罚课后留校。
对某人说无礼的话
He gave his coach sass and was benched.
他顶撞教练，被罚坐冷板凳。
无礼地；带着桀骜不驯的态度
She answered with sass and walked away.
她无礼地回答后走开了。
不容忍无礼的话
The manager won't take any sass from employees.
经理不容忍员工说无礼的话。
别跟我顶嘴，小子！
In The Simpsons, Homer says this to Bart when Bart talks back to him.
在《辛普森一家》中，巴特顶嘴时，霍默对他说了这句话。
Use sass naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记住 sass 的 s 音像蛇信子“嘶嘶”作响，顶嘴时话语带刺，就像对长辈无礼地“嘶”一声。
语域：informal 常见场景：日常口语、美式英语、家庭或朋友间拌嘴 sass 通常用于非正式场合，多指对长辈或权威人士顶嘴或说无礼的话；正式写作中较少使用。
作动词时，宾语通常是被顶撞的人；作名词时，指无礼的应答。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.