be a souse
作可数名词,指酗酒成性的人,语气带贬义,多用于口语或文学描写;复数形式为 souses。
In the final scene the old sailor is a souse, muttering to himself at the bar.
在最后一幕里,这位老水手成了个酒鬼,在酒吧里自言自语。
酒鬼;醉汉
腌制品;腌渍食品;浸入水中;俯冲;重击;浸泡在盐水中的东西;浸入或俯冲的动作。
浸泡在盐水中的东西
Something kept or steeped in brine.
浸入或俯冲的动作。
The act of sousing, or swooping.
浸入水中的动作。
The act of sousing; a plunging into water.
重击。
A heavy blow.
酒鬼
A drunkard.
The old souse in the alley asked me for some change.
小巷里的那个老酒鬼向我要了点零钱。
用法提示:souse 作名词,指‘酒鬼、醉汉’,这里作主语。
After years of heavy drinking, everyone in the village called him a souse.
在多年酗酒之后,村里的人都叫他酒鬼。
用法提示:souse 作名词,作 called 的宾语补足语,意为‘酒鬼’。
The guards led the two souses out of the stadium.
保安把那两个酒鬼带出了体育场。
用法提示:souses 是 souse 的复数形式,作 led 的宾语,指多个醉汉。
作可数名词,指酗酒成性的人,语气带贬义,多用于口语或文学描写;复数形式为 souses。
In the final scene the old sailor is a souse, muttering to himself at the bar.
在最后一幕里,这位老水手成了个酒鬼,在酒吧里自言自语。
表示“纵身跳入水中的动作”,是可数名词,常与 into 连用,前面加不定冠词 a。
His sudden souse into the icy lake left him gasping.
他突然跳进冰冷的湖水,惊得直喘气。
表示“重重的一击”,属较老式的说法,常见结构为 give sb a souse,后接 on 加身体部位。
The bully gave the boy a souse on the ear.
那个恶霸重重地打了男孩的耳朵一下。
grammar · medium
易错句子There were three souse at the bar.
正确表达There were three souses at the bar.
souse 作“酒鬼”讲是可数名词,复数形式是 souses;汉语名词没有复数词尾,学习者容易漏加 -es。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is souse.
正确表达He is a souse.
souse 是可数名词单数,指“一个酒鬼”时前面必须用不定冠词 a;汉语没有冠词系统,容易漏掉。
souse 作名词指盐水腌制的食物(常指腌肉、猪头肉);sauce 指调味酱汁。souse 读 /saʊs/,sauce 读 /sɔːs/,拼写和发音相近但意义不同。
souse 多指腌制的肉类(如猪头肉);pickle 通常指腌制的蔬菜(泡菜、酸黄瓜)。两者都是盐渍食品,但所指对象不同。
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