Pepper

(noun.) sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum.

(noun.) pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground.

(noun.) climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam.

(verb.) attack and bombard with or as if with missiles; 'pelt the speaker with questions'.

(verb.) add pepper to; 'pepper the soup'.

校对:桑福德

• This illusion, which created so much sensation in London and first known here as Pepper’s Ghost, I will endeavor to explain, and make the working of it as clear as I possibly can to the reader. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• You'll get your privileges soon enough,' retorted the jailer, 'and pepper with 'em. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Yes; how could you be so cruel as to make me eat that horrid pepper-dish at dinner, the first day I ever saw you? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• What with rum and pepper,--and pepper and rum,--I should think his pegging must be nearly over. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Pepper, 1 quart white Vinegar, 1 Gloucester Cheese, 1 keg containing 20 lbs. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• I'd open one of those doors, and I'd cram 'em all in, and then I'd lock the door and through the keyhole I'd blow in pepper. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• I was afeerd, from his manner, that he might ha' forgotten to take pepper vith that 'ere last cowcumber he eat. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• It was rabbit cooked with onions and green peppers and there were chick peas in the red wine sauce. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Pastries made of cooked and shredded fish and red and green peppers and small nuts like grains of rice. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.

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