| 单词 | pepper grain |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspepper grain pepper grain n. ΚΠ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 242v Þe peper greyne is foul in sight and blak withoute and whyte wiþinne. ?c1450 in Archaeologia (1843) 30 394 (MED) It is good for hed ake x pepyr greynys for to take. a1577 G. Gascoigne Praise of his Mistress in Compl. Wks. (1907) I. 55 I seeke to wey ye woolsack down, with one poore pepper grain. 1669 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 4 1028 Ours [sc. our salt grain] is of the size of a Pepper-grain. 1851 Encycl. Americana 117/2 The bush..bears a berry of the size of the pepper-grain or coriander-seed. 1985 Health (Nexis) 17 68 In zero gravity salt or pepper grains would float through the cabin. < as lemmas |
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