ghost pepper

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of bhut jolokia.
    — I buy a puree of ghost peppers from Dave's Gourmet, the makers of Dave's Insanity Sauce […]

词形变化

ghost peppers plural ghost chili alternative ghost chili pepper alternative

词源

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