pepper
n
1 [U] hot-tasting powder made from the dried berries of certain plants and used for flavouring food 胡椒粉
a dash of pepper 少许胡椒粉.
2 [C]
(a) garden plant with large green, yellow or red hollow seed pods; capsicum 辣椒; 番椒.
(b) one of these pods used as a vegetable 辣椒(蔬菜)
peppers stuffed with meat and rice 肉末大米填充的辣椒. pepper, v
1 [Tn] put pepper on (food) 在(食物)上撒胡椒粉.
2 [Tn.pr] ~sb/sth with sth hit sb/sth repeatedly with small objects 用小物体不断打击某人 [某物]
The wall had been peppered with bullets. 墙上有密集的子弹痕迹.
a batsman peppering the field with shots 击球手把球连续不断地击向场地
(fig 比喻) pepper sb with questions 像开连珠炮般向某人提出许多问题.
maten. (工人间的)伙伴,同事,老兄,老弟〔工人,水手间的亲密称呼〕;配偶〔男女任何一方〕,动物之偶(尤指鸟类),(一对中的)一只,配对物;[医学](军医等的)助手;[航海](商船的)大副,驾驶员;
vt.& vi. (使)成为配偶;(使)交配;(一对动物或鸟)交配;交尾(~ with sth);