喜樂美語

核心畫面

Spice can be pictured as a tiny amount of something very strong: a pinch of pepper or cinnamon goes into a whole pot, and suddenly the food has a taste you notice. The amount is small, the effect is not. Once you hold that picture, the other uses follow — anything added in a small dose that stops something being plain and boring is spice too.

可以想成：一小撮乾燥的粉或籽——胡椒、肉桂、咖哩——丟進整鍋菜裡。份量很少，可是味道整個跳出來，本來平淡的東西忽然有…更多收起可以想成：一小撮乾燥的粉或籽——胡椒、肉桂、咖哩——丟進整鍋菜裡。份量很少，可是味道整個跳出來，本來平淡的東西忽然有了個性。spice 這個字大概就繞著這個畫面走：加一點點很強的東西進去，讓原本沒滋味的變得有滋味。英文把這個動作直接搬到生活上，所以講日子、講故事、講關係，也可以說它需要一點 spice。

原始詞典資料15 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Spicename

  • 1

    A surname.

spicenoun詞源 1/spaɪs/

  • 1

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

    • Vanilla itself was transplanted from Madagascar, the main source of the spice, to Polynesia a century ago.
  • 2

    The quality of being spicy.

    • What spice level do you want for your pad thai? I recommend mild.
  • 3

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

    • variety is the spice of life
    • Honor, a^([sic]) 18-year-old high school student who thinks she has it more together than her fellow students and who looks to both Leslie and Bernie to provide friendship and spice in her life.
  • 4

    A psychoactive neocannabinoid.

  • 5

    Sweets, candy.

    • Let's go daan to t'spice shop an see what they've i stock
  • 6

    obsoleteSpecies; kind.

  • 7

    A characteristic touch or taste; smack; flavour.

    • "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

    An aromatic odor.

另外 2 個記錄的用法
  • 9

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

  • 10

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

spiceverb詞源 1/spaɪs/

  • 1

    To add spice or spices to; season.

    • Madame de Pompadour was fond of chocolates spiced with vanilla and amber.
  • 2

    To spice up.

    • City Men is pretty much the same kind of sentimental comedy spiced with wisecracks as The Women, a disappointingly familiar genre.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。