| 单词 | pepper-proof |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspepper-proof pepper-proof adj. †(a) not easily offended or angered (obsolete); †(b) able to resist being attacked or beaten (cf. pepper v. 3) (obsolete); (c) resistant to or unaffected by a pepper spray. ΚΠ 1655 J. Phillips Satyr against Hypocrites 19 Like a Cathedral down he throws that stuff, Why, Sisters, saith he, I am pepper proof. 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 142 I hope, you are Pepper-proof. 1804 G. Huddesford Wiccamical Chaplet 173 Arthur's Knights were hard and rough, And made all over pepper-proof. 1999 Spectator (Hamilton, Ont.) (Nexis) 7 May a14 The pepper-proof perpetrator seemed like a natural for the ‘hobble’. < as lemmas |
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