| 释义 |
pepper /pepˈər/ noun- A pungent aromatic condiment consisting of the dried berries of the pepper plant, whole or ground (black pepper), or with the outer parts removed (white pepper)
- Any plant of the genus Piper, esp P. nigrum, or of the family Piperaceae
- A plant of the solanaceous genus Capsicum or one of its pods (red pepper, yellow pepper or green pepper; also called sweet pepper)
- Cayenne (also cayenne pepper)
- Extended to various similar condiments and the plants producing them
transitive verb- To sprinkle or flavour with pepper
- To sprinkle
- To pelt with shot, etc
- To pelt thoroughly
- To do for
intransitive verb- To pelt
- To shower liberally
- To discharge shot, etc, in showers
ORIGIN: OE pipor, from L piper, from Gr peperi, from Sans pippali peppˈerer noun - A grocer (obsolete)
- Someone who or that which peppers
peppˈeriness noun peppˈering noun peppˈery adjective - Having the taste or qualities of pepper
- Pungent
- Hot, choleric, irritable
pepper-and-saltˈ adjective - Mingled black and white
- (of hair) flecked or streaked with grey
pepper box noun - A pepper pot
- A turret or other object of similar shape
peppˈer-cake noun A kind of spiced cake or gingerbread peppˈer-caster or peppˈer-castor noun A pepper pot peppˈercorn noun - The dried berry of the pepper plant
- Something of little value
adjective - Like a peppercorn (eg the small tight knots in which certain African peoples traditionally wear their hair)
- Trivial, nominal, as in peppercorn rent
peppˈercorny adjective peppered moth noun A geometric moth that is white with black speckles but appears in a dark variety in polluted industrial areas peppˈer-ginˈgerbread noun (Shakespeare) Hot-spiced gingerbread pepper grass noun - Any cress of the genus Lepidium
- Pillwort (genus Pilularia)
peppˈermill noun A small handmill in which peppercorns are ground peppˈermint noun - An aromatic and pungent species of mint (Mentha piperita)
- The essence distilled from it
- A sweet flavoured with it
peppermint cream noun - A sweet creamy peppermint-flavoured substance
- A sweet made of this
peppˈermint-drop noun A peppermint-flavoured, usu hard, sweet pepper pot noun - A pot or bottle with a perforated top for sprinkling pepper
- A West Indian dish of cassareep, flesh or dried fish, and vegetables, esp green okra and chillis
peppˈer-shrike noun A tropical American songbird of the family Vireonidae pepper spray noun An aerosol spray containing irritants derived from cayenne pepper, used as a weapon of self-defence pepper tree noun An evergreen tree of the genus Schinus, chiefly native to tropical America, often grown for its ornamental appearance peppˈerwort noun A cress of the genus Lepidium, esp dittander (L. latifolium) Jamaica pepper Allspice long pepper The fruit of Piper longum Negro pepper The produce of Xylopia (family Anonaceae), also called Ethiopian pepper |