mass noun
1
- a pungent hot-tasting powder prepared from dried and ground peppercorns, commonly used as a spice or condiment to flavour food胡椒粉。
1.1
- a reddish and typically hot-tasting spice prepared from various forms of capsicum辣椒粉。参见CAYENNE.
1.2
- count noun a capsicum, especially a sweet pepper辣椒; 甜椒。
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- a climbing vine with berries that are dried as black or white peppercorns胡椒。
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- Piper nigrum, family Piperaceae.拉丁名Piper nigrum, 胡椒科。
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- used in names of other plants which are related to this, have hot-tasting leaves, or have fruits used as a pungent spice, e.g. Jamaica pepper, water pepper［用于叶子有辣味或果实用作辛辣调料的与胡椒有关的其他植物名称中, 如 Jamaica peper和water peper］。
3
- Baseball a practice game in which a fielder throws at close range to a batter who hits back to the fielder【棒球】热身投击球练习。
with obj.
1- sprinkle or season (food) with pepper在（食物）上撒胡椒粉; 在（食物）中加胡椒粉调味：
as adj. peppered peppered beef.辣牛肉。
1.1
- （一般作be peppered with）cover or fill with a liberal amount of scattered items在…上撒; 使布满：
the script is peppered with four-letter words.
那篇手稿中满是四个字母的粗话。
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- hit repeatedly with small missiles or gunshot（用小型导弹或枪炮）持续射击：
another burst of enemy bullets peppered his defenceless body
又一串敌人的子弹雨点般地向他那毫无防护的身体射来
figurative〈喻〉he peppered me with questions.
他向我连珠炮似的发问。
1.3
- archaic inflict severe punishment or suffering upon〈古〉痛打; 严惩; 重罚。
词源
Old English piper, pipor, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch peper and German Pfeffer; via Latin from Greek peperi, from Sanskrit pippali 'berry, peppercorn'.