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pea-souper

/pee-soo-per/US // ˈpiˈsu pər //UK // (ˌpiːˈsuːpə) //

豌豆荚,菽庄花园

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Chiefly British Informal. pea soup.
    • : Canadian Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a French Canadian.

Examples

  • These days they are occasional meteorological irruptions, white river mists, not dense and toxic industrial pea-soupers.

  • When we meet, Yeonmi is impeccably dressed in a red pea coat and heels, her long hair pulled back in a ponytail.

  • “This poor guy has a pea coat on,” he says, pointing to a well-dressed youngster in the front row.

  • “Pea Tear Griffon” is singing what goes up must come down while reading Nathaniel Hawthorne.

  • A couple weeks ago, I found a pea-sized shard of shrapnel from a past attack in a parking lot.

  • With this company he had rendered valiant service in the campaign which ended with the battle of Pea Ridge.

  • He is a Confederate soldier who was cruelly wounded at Pea Ridge, and found his way here.

  • If a true lady makes even a plate of toast, in arranging a petit souper for her invalid friend, she does it as a lady should.

  • Most of this work I did alone, leaving Mike free for other tasks, and Joe free to cut the pea brush.

  • I have never seen a pea-green monkey before, and it strikes me you are quite gorgeous.