pepper: [OE] The pepper vine is a native of the East Indies, and its name is oriental in origin too. It comes ultimately from Sanskrit pippalí, which meant ‘berry’, and hence ‘peppercorn’. It came west via Greek péperi and Latin piper, and was borrowed in prehistoric times into the West Germanic languages, giving German pfeffer, Dutch peper, and English pepper. Its application to fruits of the capsicum family, or their pungent dried products (no relation to the original pepper), dates from the 16th century. Pimpernel is a derivative of Latin piper. => pimpernel
pepper (n.)
Old English pipor, from an early West Germanic borrowing of Latin piper "pepper," from Greek piperi, probably (via Persian) from Middle Indic pippari, from Sanskrit pippali "long pepper." The Latin word is the source of German Pfeffer, Italian pepe, French poivre, Old Church Slavonic pipru, Lithuanian pipiras, Old Irish piobhar, Welsh pybyr, etc. Application to fruits of the capsicum family (unrelated, originally native of tropical America) is 16c.
pepper (v.)
"to sprinkle as with pepper," 1610s, from pepper (n.). Old English had gepipera. Meaning "to pelt with shot, etc." is from 1640s. Related: Peppered; peppering.
实用例句
1. Season with salt, pepper and a pinch of cayenne.
调以盐、胡椒和少许辣椒粉。
来自柯林斯例句
2. She sprinkled pepper on my grub, watching me nosh.
她在我的食物上撒了点胡椒粉，看着我吃。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Roll the meat in coarsely ground black pepper to season it.
将肉在粗研的黑胡椒粉里滚一下以调味。
来自柯林斯例句
4. Season the meat with salt and pepper.
用盐和胡椒粉给肉调味。
来自柯林斯例句
5. Season the steaks generously with salt and pepper.
