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 souse /ˈsaʊs/
 鹽汁,醃製的豬耳,浸水(vt.)醃製,弄醉(vi.)被浸透,變醉(ad.)撲通地一聲

 Souse n.  [Written also souce, sowce, and sowse.]
 1. Pickle made with salt.
 2. Something kept or steeped in pickle; esp., the pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine.
 And he that can rear up a pig in his house,
 Hath cheaper his bacon, and sweeter his souse.   --Tusser.
 3. The ear; especially, a hog's ear. [Prov. Eng.]
 4. The act of sousing; a plunging into water.

 Sous, Souse  n. A corrupt form of Sou. [Obs.]

 Souse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Soused p. pr. & vb. n. Sousing.]
 1. To steep in pickle; to pickle. “A soused gurnet.”
 2. To plunge or immerse in water or any liquid.
    They soused me over head and ears in water.   --Addison.
 3. To drench, as by an immersion; to wet throughly.
    Although I be well soused in this shower.   --Gascoigne.

 Souse, v. i.  To swoop or plunge, as a bird upon its prey; to fall suddenly; to rush with speed; to make a sudden attack.
 For then I viewed his plunge and souse
 Into the foamy main.   --Marston.
    Jove's bird will souse upon the timorous hare.   --J. Dryden. Jr.

 Souse, v. t. To pounce upon. [R.]
 [The gallant monarch] like eagle o'er his serie towers,
 To souse annoyance that comes near his nest.   --Shak.

 Souse, n. The act of sousing, or swooping.
 As a falcon fair
 That once hath failed or her souse full near.   --Spenser.

 Souse, adv. With a sudden swoop; violently.
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 souse
      n 1: a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually [syn: alcoholic,
            alky, dipsomaniac, boozer, lush, soaker]
      2: pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled
      3: the act of making something completely wet; "he gave it a
         good drenching" [syn: drenching, soaking, sousing]
      v 1: cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot
           face" [syn: drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop]
      2: immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or
         saturate; "dip the garment into the cleaning solution";
         "dip the brush into the paint" [syn: dunk, dip, plunge,
          douse]
      3: become drunk or drink excessively [syn: soak, inebriate,
          hit it up]
      4: cook in a marinade; "souse herring"