pickle
n
1
(a) [U] food (esp vegetables) preserved in vinegar or salt water 腌菜(尤指蔬菜)
red cabbage pickle 红卷心菜泡菜.
(b) [C usu pl 通常作复数]
particular vegetable preserved in this way 泡菜
The dish was accompanied by a variety of pickles. 这盘菜配有什锦泡菜.
cheese and pickles 奶酪加泡菜.
(c) [U] liquid used to preserve food in this way 泡菜水; 腌菜的汁
leave an ox tongue in salt pickle 把牛口条放在腌菜汁里腌制. Cf 参看 relish 3, sauce 1.
2 [C] (Brit infml 口) mischievous child 调皮孩子
She's a real little pickle! 她真是个小调皮!
3 (idm 习语) (in) a sad, sorry, nice, pretty, etc `pickle (in) a difficult or unpleasant situation; (in) a mess 处境困难或不愉快; 又脏又乱. pickle, v [Tn]
preserve (vegetables, etc) in pickle (用腌菜汁)腌渍(蔬菜等)
pickled cabbage, onions, walnuts, etc 腌洋白菜、 洋葱、 胡桃等. pickled adj (infml 口) drunk 醉的
By this time, he was hopelessly pickled. 到这时他已经烂醉如泥了.
🔁 扩展释义
*['pikl]n. 盐卤, 腌汁, 泡菜, 困境, 讨厌鬼vt. 腌制, 酸洗, 葬送(机会等), 泡【化】 酸洗相关词组: be in a pickle
📖 同为「博士」词汇
gropevi. 触摸,试探着前进;探索,摸索;
vt. 摸索(路);<俚>抚摸身体;
n. 摸索,探索;
One half of his money and his goods shall be given to the city of Venice and the other half shall be given to the person he has tried to kill.
他的钱和财产的一半必须给威尼斯城,另一半必须给他企图杀害的人。
Being a good listener means much more than just listening with ears. Eyes mean that I should look at you while you are speaking as a sign of respect. In other words I should not watch TV, or look over your shoulder at other people while we are talking