单词 | pickle |
释义 | pickle n. & v. --n   1. a (often in pl.) food, esp. vegetables, preserved in brine, vinegar, mustard, etc. and used as a relish. b the brine, vinegar, etc. in which food is preserved.   2. colloq. a plight (a fine pickle we are in!).   3. Brit. colloq. a mischievous child.   4. an acid solution for cleaning metal etc. --vtr.   1. preserve in pickle.   2. treat with pickle.   3. (as pickled adj.) sl. drunk. Etymology: ME pekille, pykyl, f. MDu., MLG pekel, of unkn. orig. |
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