pimento
英 [pɪ'mentəʊ]
美[pɪ'mɛnto]
释义
n. 甘椒树；西班牙甘椒
n. (Pimento)人名；(西)皮门托
词态变化
复数: pimentos;
中文词源
pimento 西班牙甜椒来自西班牙语pimiento,红椒，来自拉丁语pigmentum,颜料，蔬菜汁，词源同pigment,picture.因这种辣椒用于给食物或饮料着色而得名。
英文词源
- pimento
- pimento: see picture
- pimento (n.)
- 1680s, pimiento (modern form from 1718), from Spanish pimiento "green or red pepper," also pimienta "black pepper," from Late Latin pigmenta, plural of pigmentum "vegetable juice," from Latin pigmentum "pigment" (see pigment (n.)). So called because it added a dash of color to food or drink.
[I]n med.L. spiced drink, hence spice, pepper (generally), Sp. pimiento, Fr. piment are applied to Cayenne or Guinea pepper, capsicum; in Eng. the name has passed to allspice or Jamaica pepper. [OED]
The piece of red sweet pepper stuffed in a pitted olive so called from 1918, earlier pimiento (1901), from Spanish. French piment is from Spanish.
双语例句
- 1. Pimento is called Allspicebecause its flavor suggests a blend of cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg.
- 西班牙甘椒被称作多香果是因为它常被建议与丁香,肉豆蔻, 肉桂混合.
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英英释意
- 1. plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers
- 2. fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked
实用场景例句
- Pimento is called Allspicebecause its flavor suggests a blend of cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg.
- 西班牙甘椒被称作多香果是因为它常被建议与丁香,肉豆蔻, 肉桂混合.
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