| 单词 | pickle |
| 释义 | pickle (once / 899 pages) 1nv 2n A pickle is a food that's made by soaking vegetables in brine or vinegar. If you are wondering what that crunchy green wedge beside your sandwich is, it just may be a pickle. While the most familiar pickles in the US are the thin disks or small, crunchy pickled cucumbers you can buy in jars, there are many other kinds of pickles. You can pickle just about any vegetable, from beets to okra to cucumbers — or even hard boiled eggs. In South Asian cuisines, pickle is a delicious spicy relish served aside many dishes. And if you find yourself in a really messy situation, you can say, "Wow, what a pickle." WORD FAMILYpickle: pickled, pickles, pickling USAGE EXAMPLESThe German butcher at 86th and Second Avenue complained that pickle jars were falling off the shelves from the vibrations of the construction. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) The report was compiled by a former cabinet minister, Eric Pickles, who called Tower Hamlets a “wake-up call” when introducing it. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) Most dishes are perked up with pickled vegetables, fresh herbs or other lively additions. Seattle Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1 1n vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar Hypo|Hyper gherkin any of various small cucumbers pickled whole caperpickled flower buds used as a pungent relish in various dishes and sauces dill picklepickle preserved in brine or vinegar flavored with dill seed sweet picklepickle cured in brine and preserved in sugar and vinegar bread and butter picklethinly sliced sweet pickles relish spicy or savory condiment 2v preserve in a pickling liquid 2Hyper keep, preserve prevent (food) from rotting n informal terms for a difficult situation Syn|Hypo|Hyper fix, hole, jam, kettle of fish, mess, muddle dog's breakfast, dog's dinner a poor job; a mess difficulty a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome |
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