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.
Did you watch the new office building being built?
你看过在建设中的新的办公楼吗?
Fortunately for them, the Bank of England has a team called Mutilated Ladies which deals with claims from people who fed their money to a machine or to their dog.