| 单词 | sweet pepper |
| 释义 | > as lemmassweet pepper 3. Any of various forms of capsicum, esp. Capsicum annuum var. annuum. Originally (chiefly with distinguishing word): any variety of the C. annuum Longum group, with elongated fruits having a hot, pungent taste, the source of cayenne, chilli powder, paprika, etc., or of the perennial C. frutescens, the source of Tabasco sauce. Now frequently (more fully sweet pepper): any variety of the C. annuum Grossum group, with large, bell-shaped or apple-shaped, mild-flavoured fruits, usually ripening to red, orange, or yellow and eaten raw in salads or cooked as a vegetable. Also: the fruit of any of these capsicums.Sweet peppers are often used in their green immature state (more fully green pepper), but some new varieties remain green when ripe.bell-, bird-, cherry-, pod-, red pepper, etc.: see the first element. See also chilli n. 1, pimento n. 2, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > fruits as vegetables > [noun] > capsicum red pepper1559 pepper1578 cod-pepper1670 capsicum1725 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > fruits as vegetables > capsicum red pepper1559 Indian pepper1578 pepper1578 cod-pepper1670 capsicum1725 mango1948 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > fruits as vegetables > capsicum > capsicum plants pepper1578 capsicum1798 cherry-pepper1832 chilli1843 spur pepper1866 pimentón1885 Scotch bonnet1919 Aleppo pepper1920 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball v. lxix. 634 The Indian Pepper [Du. Peper van Indien, Fr. Poyure d'Inde] hath square stalkes. 1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 621 A long Pepper from Brazil. 1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. 241 Bell Pepper. The fruit is large..somewhat shaped like a bell. 1760 in Rec. Early Hist. Boston 61 Pickled cucumbers & peppers. 1846 W. H. Emory in J. C. Frémont & W. H. Emory Notes Trav. Calif. (1849) 22/2 The first mouthful brought the tears trickling down my cheeks... It was red pepper, stuffed with minced meat. 1858 Texas Almanac 1859 186 The finest white onions and Chili pepper are also raised here. 1911 Grocer's Encycl. 99 There are many species of Capsicum, all native to the warm parts of America... The small fruited types..are best known popularly as ‘Chilies’, and the larger as ‘peppers’. 1949 National Geographic Mag. Aug. 166/2 When we say ‘peppers’ without any qualifying word, we usually mean sweet or nonpungent kinds that are eaten as a vegetable, either cooked or raw in salads. 1972 Y. Lovelock Veg. Bk. iii. 320 Capsicums, or peppers, are the various-sized seedpods of a solanaceous plant, having nothing in common with the true peppers (Piperaceae) except the hot quality of some..of them. 1990 T. Ruprecht Toronto's Many Faces 177 Popular [Hungarian] dishes are..stuffed peppers, stuffed cabbage, and roast duck. sweet pepper sweet pepper n. (a) = pepper n. 2b; (b) = sweet pepperbush at pepperbush n. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > clethra trees clethra1779 sweet pepper-bush1814 lily-of-the-valley tree1885 sweet pepper1923 1923 H. C. Thompson Veg. Crops xxv. 400 Of the large-fruited, sweet peppers, Ruby King, Bell or Bullnose,..and Golden Queen are well-known varieties. 1944 E. A. Holton Yankees were like This 84 The perfume of bush honeysuckle and sweet pepper from the swamps. 1969 S. G. Harrison et al. Oxf. Bk. Food Plants 128/1 The larger-fruited kinds [of Capsicum annuum] are quite mild in taste and are known as ‘sweet peppers’. 1972 Country Life 16 Mar. 625/3 Every garden that can provide lime-free soil ought to contain a bush of the Sweet Pepper, Clethra alnifolia. < as lemmas |
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