peppercorn

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɛpəkɔːn/    美 /ˈpɛpɚkɔɹn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The seeds of the pepper plant Piper nigrum, commonly used as a spice, usually ground or crushed.
  2. A small, insignificant quantity; a whit or jot.
    — A 75 ¢ book must look 40 ¢ better to the distributor and wholesaler, because if one peppercorn of doubt that people will pay 75 ¢ for the book gets thrown into the distribution mill, the books may never leave their cartons […]
  3. A small, insignificant quantity; a whit or jot.; A nominal consideration used to satisfy the requirements for the creation of a legal contract. attributive
    — peppercorn rent

词形变化

peppercorns plural

词汇关系

衍生词
peppercorn hair peppercorn rent peppercorny pink peppercorn

词源

Inherited from Middle English peper corn, peper-corn, pepercorn, from Old English piporcorn (“peppercorn”), corresponding to pepper + corn. Compare Dutch peperkorrel (“peppercorn”), German Pfefferkorn (“peppercorn”), Danish peberkorn (“peppercorn”), Swedish pepparkorn (“peppercorn”), Icelandic piparkorn (“peppercorn”).
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