Saucy

(superl.) Showing impertinent boldness or pertness; transgressing the rules of decorum; treating superiors with contempt; impudent; insolent; as, a saucy fellow.

(superl.) Expressive of, or characterized by, impudence; impertinent; as, a saucy eye; saucy looks.

加勒特录入

• I wish I could, and be done with it, said I, trying not to be saucy. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Becky laughed, gay and saucy looking, and swept the prettiest little curtsey ever seen. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• In defence of your protege you can even be saucy. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Becky looked at her husband, and then at Sir Pitt, with an air of saucy triumph--as much as to say, Shall I betray you? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The most rebellious, saucy, impudent dog! 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Perhaps he would, had she looked saucy; but her air never showed less of _cr?nerie_. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• You know what a good-for-nothing, saucy boy I always was. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• So, then, said Eliza, imitating the motion,--and I must stamp, and take long steps, and try to look saucy. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• I know he's always a saucy creature, said Rosa, poising herself on one of her little feet, and looking maliciously at Adolph. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Jo had grown quite her own saucy self again since Teddy came home. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.

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