Sans means without. English borrowed the little word from French, and you can still hear the French on it, so it does not sound like ordinary “without”.

Sanssans means without意思是without（沒有） English英文 borrowed the little word from French從法文借了這個小字 and you can still hear the French on it你還是聽得出它的法文味 so it does not sound like ordinary "without"所以聽起來不像一般的without

People mostly use it with a small smile — in a caption, a joke, a slightly dressed-up sentence: he arrived sans jacket, the cake came sans cream. It is not the word you want in a school essay or at the shops; there, say without.

People大家 mostly use it with a small smile用它的時候多半帶點微笑 in a caption, a joke, a slightly dressed-up sentence用在標題、玩笑，或稍微裝腔作勢的句子裡 he arrived sans jacket他到的時候sans jacket（沒穿外套） the cake came sans cream蛋糕上桌時sans cream（沒加奶油） It is它 not the word you want in a school essay or at the shops不是你會在學校作文或買東西時用的字 there, say without那些場合請說without

You will also meet it in sans-serif, the name for letters with no little feet on them — same idea: without. Older English used it more seriously; today the serious use is rare, and the playful one is the one students actually see.

You will also meet it你也會在 in sans-serifsans-serif裡遇到它 the name for letters with no little feet on them指那種字母上沒有小腳的字體名稱 same idea: without一樣的意思：沒有 Older English以前的英文 used it more seriously比較嚴肅地用它 today the serious use is rare現在這種嚴肅用法很少見了 and the playful one而俏皮的用法 is the one students actually see才是學生真正會看到的