spice

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n. 香料, 药料, 香气, 调味品, 情趣, 少许 vt. 加香料, 使添趣味

发音

US /spaɪs/

词形变化

spices 复数 spiced spices 三单 spices spiceth spicing spicing 现在分词 spiced 过去式 spiced 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

加香料于…；使…增添趣味

释义与例句

n. B2 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    Aromatic or pungent plant matter (usually dried) used to season or flavor food.

    香料

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    The quality of being spicy.

    香料

    不可数 可数

    What spice level do you want for your pad thai? I recommend mild.

  3. 3.

    Appeal, interest; an attribute that makes something appealing, interesting, or engaging.

    比喻 不可数 可数

    variety is the spice of life

  4. 4.

    A psychoactive neocannabinoid.

    不可数 可数
  5. 5.

    Sweets, candy.

    不可数 可数

    Let's go daan to t'spice shop an see what they've i stock

  6. 6.

    Species; kind.

    可数 废旧 不可数
  7. 7.

    A characteristic touch or taste; smack; flavour.

    可数 不可数

    1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London "I'm not going to promise anything after the perfectly fetid way you're running off," she retorted. "Still, it's pretty obvious that I shall stay here and do what I can for poor Geoffrey in the circumstances." It occurred to the hearer […] that there was a spice of "It is my duty and I will" in this praiseworthy resolve which fell short of the ecstatic resolution of the Saturday Nora.

  8. 8.

    An aromatic odor.

    可数 不可数
  9. 9.

    Erotic or pornographic material, usually in written form; smut.

    不可数 可数
  10. 10.

    An additional input parameter used as a secondary, non-secret key in the Hasty Pudding cipher.

    可数 不可数 计算机 工程 数学
  11. 1.

    plural of spouse

    幽默
v.
  1. 1.

    To add spice or spices to; season.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To spice up.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

spicery spiciness

上位词 7

seasoning preservative flavorer flavoring flavourer flavouring seasoner

下位词 10

bite ginger tang cinnamon nip mace fennel zest nutmeg hotness
动词

同义词 2

zest spice up

上位词 6

change season flavor alter flavour modify

下位词 3

salt pepper ginger

相关短语

spice up 增添情趣, 增添趣味 Spice Islands [网络] 香料群岛；香料岛；香料诸岛 spice drop spice drops spice bag spice bags spice rack [网络] 调味品架；调味架；调料架 spice racks spice fiend spice fiends spice box 香料盒 spice boxes spice brown spice finch

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Italic *spekjō Late Latin speciō Proto-Italic *-jēs Late Latin -iēs Late Latin speciēs Old French espicebor. Anglo-Norman specebor. Middle English spice English spice Inherited from Middle English spice, from Old French espice (modern épice), from Late Latin speciēs (“spice, good, ware”), from Latin speciēs (“kind, sort”). Doublet of species.

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