ghost pepper

短语

词形变化

ghost peppers 复数 ghost peppers

别名

ghost ghost chili ghost chili pepper

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of bhut jolokia.

词源

Calque of Assamese ভোট-জলকীয়া (bhüt-zolokia, “Bhutanese chili”). The first element bhüt, meaning Bhutanese, was mistakenly confused for a near-homonym bhut meaning ghost, thus producing the English (mis-)translation "ghost pepper".

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