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peppery

/pep-uh-ree/US // ˈpɛp ə ri //UK // (ˈpɛpərɪ) //

刺激性的,辣味的,刺激性强的,辣味

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : full of or tasting like pepper; hot; pungent.
    • : of, relating to, or resembling pepper.
    • : sharp or stinging: a peppery speech.
    • : easily angered; bad-tempered; irritable; irascible: the peppery leader of a political faction.

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Examples

  • At Bossier they only gave us a few shreds of chicken drowned in a dark peppery sauce.

  • Just hope you get the “fresh catch” hot, rather than tepid, which was the case when I first tried the peppery entree in the restaurant.

  • Besides a trove of data showing that the rich really are getting much richer, the book is full of peppery Gallic asides.

  • He ignored, too, his chairman of the Federal Reserve, Marriner Eccles, a small, peppery Mormon banker from Utah.

  • Belgian ale like Chimay is rich with fruity and peppery notes and sometimes has a bitter aftertaste.

  • As the major looked up, Black Hood stepped quickly forward so that his tall figure over-shadowed that of the peppery little major.

  • But he clearly saw that this peppery gentleman must be treated less cavalierly, or trouble would come of it.

  • It is very similar to common or Japan camphor, but has a somewhat peppery odour.

  • The weather was cold and the night dark, and there were peppery little showers of sleet.

  • "Pretty peppery, Major," he said, pointing to three bodies stretched upon the floor.