pickle
pickle — 名詞
- picklesingular
- picklesplural
1. a vegetable, especially a cucumber, kept in salty water or a vinegar liquid so i
醃菜
用醋或鹽水保存的蔬菜
a vegetable, especially a cucumber, kept in salty water or a vinegar liquid so it turns sour and stays edible for a long time.
Sumin put a dill pickle on her cheeseburger and took a big bite.
Sumin 在起司漢堡上放了一片蒔蘿酸黃瓜，然後大大咬了一口。
countable use: a pickle
The deli serves a crisp pickle alongside every sandwich and hot dog.
這家熟食店每份三明治和熱狗都會附上一根脆脆的酸黃瓜。
Both sweet and sour pickles were laid out on the table at the family picnic.
家庭野餐的桌上擺了甜的和酸的兩種醃菜。
Marta packed a jar of homemade pickles to take on the camping trip.
Marta 打包了一罐自製醃菜帶去露營。
- gherkin
a specific small type of pickled cucumber, often used in British English
- dill pickle
a cucumber pickle flavoured with dill, common in American English
文法句型
a + pickle
pickles (plural count noun)
常見錯誤
2. a cold, thick sauce made from chopped vegetables or fruit that have been cooked
醬菜
用蔬果和醋、香料做成的冷醬
a cold, thick sauce made from chopped vegetables or fruit that have been cooked with vinegar and spices, eaten with meat, cheese, or bread.
Bilal spread some spicy pickle onto his cheese and crackers.
Bilal 把一些辣醬菜抹在起司和餅乾上。
uncountable: some pickle
This jar of mango pickle goes perfectly with rice dishes and flatbread.
這罐芒果醬菜搭配米飯和薄餅非常對味。
pattern: a jar of pickle
Diya bought a pot of sweet pickle to serve alongside the cold roast lamb.
Diya 買了一罐甜醬菜來搭配烤羊腿。
A spoonful of pickle adds a tangy kick to any ham sandwich.
一匙醬菜就能為火腿三明治增添酸爽的風味。
文法句型
some + pickle
a pot/jar of + pickle
用法筆記
Common in British English. In the UK, 'cheese and pickle' is a classic sandwich filling. This sense is uncountable — you cannot say 'a pickle' to mean the sauce.
常見錯誤
3. an awkward or troublesome situation that you cannot easily escape from, often ca
困境
難以脫身的麻煩局面
an awkward or troublesome situation that you cannot easily escape from, often caused by your own mistakes or a chain of unlucky events.
After losing his keys and wallet, Liam was in a real pickle.
弄丟鑰匙和錢包之後，Liam 陷入了真正的困境。
idiomatic pattern: in a pickle
The company got into a pickle when their main supplier suddenly went bankrupt.
這家公司的主要供應商突然破產，公司因此陷入困境。
Maeve got in a pickle after agreeing to two parties on the same afternoon.
Maeve 答應了同一天兩場派對，結果自己陷入了困境。
The hikers were in a pickle when a storm forced them off the trail.
健行的人遇到暴風雨被迫離開步道，陷入了困境。
Jack found himself in a pickle when his flight was cancelled and he had nowhere to stay.
Jack 的班機被取消了又無處可住，陷入了困境。
The team was in a pickle when their star goalkeeper got injured just before the final match.
球隊的明星守門員在決賽前受傷，球隊因此陷入了困境。
- mess
a broader, more common term for a disordered or chaotic situation
- predicament
more formal and serious than 'pickle', suggesting a situation with no good way out
- jam
equally informal, often about being stuck or unable to move forward
- breeze
something very easy to deal with
文法句型
be in a pickle
get into a pickle
find oneself in a pickle
用法筆記
This meaning always appears in the fixed phrase 'in a pickle', never used without the article 'a'. Common with verbs like 'be', 'get into', or 'find oneself'. The sense is informal — avoid in formal or academic writing.
常見錯誤
4. a baseball play in which a runner is trapped between two bases, running back and
夾殺
棒球中跑者被夾在壘間的狀況
a baseball play in which a runner is trapped between two bases, running back and forth while fielders throw the ball to try to tag them out.
Caio watched the runner get caught in a pickle between first and second base.
Caio 看著跑者在⼀壘和⼆壘之間被夾殺。
baseball term: caught in a pickle
The shortstop threw the ball to second, and the batter was stuck in a pickle.
游擊手把球傳給⼆壘，打者因此被夾殺。
A pickle in baseball normally ends with the runner being tagged out.
棒球中的夾殺通常以跑者被觸殺告終。
The shortstop and second baseman worked together to trap the runner in a pickle.
游擊手和⼆壘手聯手合作，把跑者夾殺在壘間。
- rundown
the standard baseball term for this play; 'pickle' is the informal version
文法句型
caught in a pickle
stuck in a pickle
用法筆記
This sense is specific to American baseball and rarely used outside that sport. Distinguish from sense 3 (DIFFICULT SITUATION), which has a more general, informal meaning.
pickle — 動詞
- picklepresent simple I / you / we / they
- pickles3rd person singular
- pickling-ing form
- pickledpast simple
1. to preserve food, especially vegetables, by keeping it in vinegar, salty water,
醃漬
用醋或鹽水保存食物
to preserve food, especially vegetables, by keeping it in vinegar, salty water, or a spicy liquid so it develops a strong flavour and lasts a long time.
Grandma used to pickle cucumbers from her garden every summer when they were plentiful.
奶奶以前每到夏天都會把小黃瓜豐收的時候拿來醃漬。
collocation: pickle + cucumbers/onions/vegetables
Anong learned how to pickle onions from her grandmother, who followed an old family recipe.
Anong 跟著奶奶的老家傳食譜學會了怎麼醃漬洋蔥。
You can pickle almost any vegetable, from carrots and radishes to green beans and cabbage.
幾乎任何蔬菜都可以醃漬，從胡蘿蔔、櫻桃蘿蔔到四季豆和高麗菜都行。
The chef pickled the radishes in rice vinegar and sugar for two days.
主廚把櫻桃蘿蔔放在米醋和糖中醃漬了兩天。
文法句型
pickle + food item
be pickled in + liquid
用法筆記
Often used in the passive: 'The eggs were pickled in beetroot juice.' The object is usually a vegetable, fruit, or egg. Cannot be used for meat or fish — those are 'cured', 'smoked', or 'preserved' by other methods.