1 [U] a black or white powder with a hot taste that is used for flavouring food 胡椒粉:
salt and pepper盐和胡椒粉
2 [C] a green, red or yellow vegetable that is almost empty inside 辣椒;甜椒
☞picture on page C3 见C3页插图
pepper²
/ˈpepə(r) ||; ˈpɛpɚ/verb
[T] pepper sb/sth with sth (usually passive 通常用于被动语态) to hit sb/sth with a series of small objects, especially bullets (用一连串的小物品)打击(尤其是子弹):
The wall had been peppered with bullets.这道墙曾被子弹扫射过。
pepper1/ˋpɛpɚ; ˈpepə/n 1 [U] a powder that is used to add a hot taste to food 胡椒粉: salt and pepper 盐和胡椒粉2 [C] a hollow red, yellow, or green vegetable 甜椒﹐灯笼椒: green peppers 青椒see picture at见 VEGETABLE 图
pepper2v be peppered with sth to contain a lot of things of a particular type 满是某事物﹐充满某事物: The article is peppered with mistakes. 这篇文章错误百出。
pepperpepperpepperspepperedpepperingnoun1(no plural) powder with a hot taste that you put on food: salt and pepper2 (pluralpeppers) a red, green or yellow vegetable that is almost empty inside