Pepper
['pepə] or ['pɛpɚ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum.
(noun.) pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground.
(noun.) climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam.
(verb.) attack and bombard with or as if with missiles; 'pelt the speaker with questions'.
(verb.) add pepper to; 'pepper the soup'.
校對:桑福德--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried berry, either whole or powdered, of the Piper nigrum.
(n.) The plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody climber (Piper nigrum), with ovate leaves and apetalous flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. The berries are red when ripe. Also, by extension, any one of the several hundred species of the genus Piper, widely dispersed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the earth.
(n.) Any plant of the genus Capsicum, and its fruit; red pepper; as, the bell pepper.
(v. t.) To sprinkle or season with pepper.
(v. t.) Figuratively: To shower shot or other missiles, or blows, upon; to pelt; to fill with shot, or cover with bruises or wounds.
(v. i.) To fire numerous shots (at).
手打:莫尔
解釋/意思:
n. a pungent aromatic condiment consisting of the dried berries of the pepper-plant entire or powdered: any plant of genus Piper: a plant of genus Capsicum or one of its pods whence Cayenne pepper.—v.t. to sprinkle with pepper: to hit or pelt with shot &c.: to pelt thoroughly: to do for.—adj. Pepp′er-and-salt′ of a colour composed of a light ground dotted with fine spots of a dark colour or of a dark ground with light spots.—ns. Pepp′er-box a box with a perforated top for sprinkling pepper on food; Pepp′er-cake a kind of spiced cake or gingerbread; Pepp′er-cast′er the vessel on a cruet-stand from which pepper is sprinkled; Pepp′ercorn the berry of the pepper plant: something of little value—Peppercorn rent a nominal rent; Pepp′erer one who sells pepper a grocer; Pepp′er-gin′gerbread hot-spiced gingerbread; Pepp′er-grass any plant of genus Lepidium; Pepp′eriness; Pepp′ermint a species of mint aromatic and pungent like pepper: a liquor distilled from the plant: a lozenge flavoured with peppermint—Peppermint-drop a confection so flavoured; Pepp′er-pot a West Indian dish of cassareep together with flesh or dried fish and vegetables esp. green okra and chillies: tripe shredded and stewed with balls of dough and plenty of pepper; Pepp′er-tree a shrub of the cashew family native to South America &c.—also Pepper shrub and Chili pepper; Pepp′erwort the dittander.—adj. Pepp′ery possessing the qualities of pepper: hot choleric.—è‹©hiopian pepper the produce of Xylopia è‹©hiopica; Benin pepper of Cubeba Clusii; Guinea pepper or Maleguetta pepper of Amomum; Jamaica pepper or Pimento of species of Eugenia (Myrtace); Long pepper the fruit of Piper Longum; White pepper the seed freed from the skin and fleshy part of the fruit by soaking in water and rubbing the dried fruit.
校對:诺艾尔
娱乐性解釋/意思:
To dream of pepper burning your tongue, foretells that you will suffer from your acquaintances through your love of gossip. To see red pepper growing, foretells for you a thrifty and an independent partner in the marriage state. To see piles of red pepper pods, signifies that you will aggressively maintain your rights. To grind black pepper, denotes that you will be victimized by the wiles of ingenious men or women. To see it in stands on the table, omens sharp reproaches or quarrels. For a young woman to put it on her food, foretells that she will be deceived by her friends.
卡斯特罗校對
例句/造句/用法:
- This illusion, which created so much sensation in London and first known here as Pepper’s Ghost, I will endeavor to explain, and make the working of it as clear as I possibly can to the reader. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- You'll get your privileges soon enough,' retorted the jailer, 'and pepper with 'em. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Yes; how could you be so cruel as to make me eat that horrid pepper-dish at dinner, the first day I ever saw you? 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- What with rum and pepper,--and pepper and rum,--I should think his pegging must be nearly over. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Pepper, 1 quart white Vinegar, 1 Gloucester Cheese, 1 keg containing 20 lbs. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- I'd open one of those doors, and I'd cram 'em all in, and then I'd lock the door and through the keyhole I'd blow in pepper. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- I was afeerd, from his manner, that he might ha' forgotten to take pepper vith that 'ere last cowcumber he eat. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- It was rabbit cooked with onions and green peppers and there were chick peas in the red wine sauce. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Pastries made of cooked and shredded fish and red and green peppers and small nuts like grains of rice. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
手打:柴门霍夫