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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++sauc·y /ˈsɔːsi $ ˈsɒːsi/ adjective old-fashioned  RUDE/OBSCENEsaucy jokes, remarks etc are about sex in a way that is amusing but not shocking 过时】〔玩笑、话语等〕粗鲁的,不雅的;开色情玩笑的 saucy postcards 不雅的明信片saucily adverbsauciness noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
saucyKen Urdahl is young, a little more saucy.I was an idiot, and Natalia the ideal woman: saucy, beautiful and wholesome.It's an exhausting ride from saucy comedy to icky, heartbreaking violence, but don't be put off.saucy headlinesThere is, for instance, the inevitable saucy servant girl, played in sprightly fashion by Suzanne Bouchard.Indira Varma plays Maya, a saucy servant girl talented in the art of love.But in London it brought belly laughs with a bawdy display of music hall humour and saucy songs.a saucy, spirited girlsaucy swimwear
sauc·y adjectiveChineseSyllable
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saucy
saucy /ˈsɔːsi $ ˈsɒːsi/ adjective old-fashioned
saucy jokes, remarks etc are about sex in a way that is amusing but not shocking:
    saucy postcards
—saucily adverb
—sauciness noun [uncountable]


saucyBrE /ˈsɔːsi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsɔːsi/ 🔊 adjective (sau·cier, sau·ci·est) rude or referring to sex in a way that is amusing but not offensive 粗鲁的;粗俗的;不雅的;开色情玩笑的 SYN cheeky saucy jokes荤笑话a saucy smile无礼的一笑 sau·cily BrE /ˈsɔːsɪli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsɔːsɪli/ 🔊 adverb