| 单词 | ghost chilli |
| 释义 | > as lemmasghost chilli ghost chilli n. (also more fully ghost chilli pepper) a variety of chilli pepper grown in South Asia; = ghost pepper n.The ghost chilli is one of the hottest chillis known. [Erroneous translation of Assamese bhoṭ jalakīyā, literally ‘Bhutanese chilli’, with misidentification of the first element as bhūt ghost.] ΚΠ 2007 Assoc. Press Internat. (Nexis) 17 Feb. Internat. News The pepper's name [sc. Bhut Jolokia] translates as ghost chili, Bosland said. ‘We're not sure why they call it that, but I think it's because the chili is so hot, you give up the ghost when you eat it.’ 2014 Flybe Uncovered Jan. 45/2 The most popular [chilli], though, is the Bhut Jolokia, or Ghost Chilli, sitting at the top of the Scoville scale at 1.1 million units. 2017 Northern Territory (Austral.) News (Nexis) 23 Oct. 3 The Hotel Darwin..is holding its first Chilli Festival, and willing contestants will have to stomach the ghost chilli and the Carolina reaper—the world's hottest of its kind. < as lemmas |
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