单词 | aji |
释义 | ajin. A South American chilli pepper. Also more fully aji pepper.In quot. 1578: a sauce made from this pepper. The usage is apparently not paralleled in the original Spanish text. ΚΠ 1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 154 They..shalbe boyled and eaten with the sause called Axi [Sp. los tienen de comer..en axí cozidos]. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies xx. 266 That which is sharpe and biting in this Axi, be the veines and the graine onely; the rest is not: for that they eate it greene and dry. 1662 H. Stubbe Indian Nectar iii. 46 By the old Inhabitants of Hispaniola..it [sc. red pepper] is called Agies..which some otherwise write..Axi. 1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea xvii. 193 The Axi, or Uchu, us'd for seasoning of Meat, is a Sort of Pepper. 1758 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S.-Amer. II. i. 144 The greatest part of the country [in Arica] is barren, producing only Aji, or Guinea pepper, from which alone it drives a very advantageous trade. 1824 M. Graham Jrnl. Resid. Chile 195 Our meat was the usual stew, charquican, of the country..seasoned with aji or Chile pepper. 1877 E. G. Squier Peru 319 Aymará women, each with her little store of aji, ocas, dried fish, and lupins. 1917 H. A. Franck Vagabonding down Andes xiv. 345 Dip before each bite into the general bowl of aji , the Incaic peppers so beloved of the ancient Peruvians. 1989 E. D. Langer Econ. Change & Rural Resistance in S. Bolivia, 1880–1930 v. 106 Many of the sugar-estate owners..converted the tablas..to the cultivation of the ají pepper as a cash crop. 2010 N.Y. Mag. 12 Apr. 56/2 Sample..the tiradito, raw fish marinated in lime juice and aji pepper. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1578 |
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