paprika

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /pəˈpɹiːkə/|/pæpˈɹiːkə/|/ˈpæpɹɪkə/    美 /pəˈpɹiːkə/|/pæpˈɹiːkə/|/ˈpæpɹɪkə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Powdered spice made from dried and ground fruits of sweet pepper (bell pepper) or chili pepper (cultivars of Capsicum annuum), or mixtures of these (used especially in Hungarian cooking). uncountable
    — As a condiment in food, paprika is reputed to be strongly aphrodisiac.
  2. A variety of the spice. countable
    — Using the trio of paprikas gives more flavour than you'd get using a single paprika.
  3. A dried but not yet ground fruit of sweet pepper (bell pepper) or chili pepper sold for use as a spice. countable,rare
    — strings of red paprikas hang outside to dry in the autumn
  4. A bright reddish orange colour resembling that of the ground spice. countable,uncountable
形容词 adj.
  1. Of a bright reddish orange colour, like that of the dried paprika.

词形变化

paprikas plural paprica alternative,obsolete more paprika comparative most paprika superlative paprica alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
paprika paste Spanish paprika

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Hungarian paprika, from Serbo-Croatian pàprika, from pȁpar, from Proto-Slavic *pьpьrь, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”), from Indo-Aryan; compare Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”). Akin to paprikash.
词源 2
Borrowed from Hungarian paprika, from Serbo-Croatian pàprika, from pȁpar, from Proto-Slavic *pьpьrь, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”), from Indo-Aryan; compare Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”). Akin to paprikash.
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