| 词汇 | saucer |
| 释义 | saucer noun[ C ] uk /ˈsɔː.sər/ us /ˈsɑː.sɚ/ B1 a small, curved plate that you put a cup on: 茶碟，茶托 a cup and saucer茶杯和茶托 She gave the cat a saucer of milk (= a small amount of milk on a saucer).她给了猫一小碟牛奶。 Dorling Kindersley/GettyImages This saucer is a bit chipped. I spilled some tea into my saucer. I could hear the cups and saucers rattling. She served the tea in cups with saucers. Do you have a saucer or a small plate I could use? Dishes, bowls, cups & glasses ballon beaker bowl of something cake stand chafing dish drinkware egg cup finger bowl flute glassware quarter plate ramekin salver serving board side dish trencher tumbler tureen washbowl wine glass saucer | American Dictionarysaucer noun[ C ] us/ˈsɔ·sər/ a small plate that goes under a cup: a cup and saucer Examples of saucersaucer There would be matching plates and cups and saucers and a cake on a glass stand. Distinctly lacking are very tall, deep bowls and small, almost flat saucers. It did, however, label the tips of the saucer petals. The shape of a cup, for example, is not understandable without knowing something about how cups are used with saucers. During its continuance, we threw towards heaven small portions of the rice from the saucer at frequent intervals, and at the commencement of every fresh paragraph of the supplicatory address. There is also a tendency to create complementar y highlights by switching on the electric lights and scattering a cloud of silver-gold f lying saucers throughout the space. My wife tells me that to uncurl a curled hedgehog it is necessary to offer it a saucer of hot milk. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is the balance of payments running riot simply because the housewives have been buying too many brushes, too many brooms, too many cups and saucers? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is shaped like a fat flying saucer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have to pay more for everything they buy—cups, saucers, cutlery, and so on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is to be added to the tax on the breakfast cup and saucer and the cutlery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For those above a certain age it might be taken to mean a fungus which grows on a saucer in a laboratory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The most compelling metaphor about politics is that we live in a saucer-shaped world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One can buy as many as one likes, but not a teapot, or cup and saucer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is possible to buy cups, but without saucers and generally cups without handles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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