pickle

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pick·le1 /ˈpɪkəl/ noun  1  [countable, uncountable] British EnglishDFF a thick cold sauce that is made from pieces of vegetables preserved in vinegar. It is usually eaten with cold meat or cheese 腌菜，泡菜 cheese and pickle sandwiches 干酪腌菜三明治 a selection of cold meats and pickles 精选的冷肉和腌菜2. [countable] American EnglishDFF a cucumber preserved in vinegar or salt water, or a piece of this 醋渍黄瓜（片）；腌黄瓜（片） SYN British English gherkin3. be in a (pretty) pickle old-fashionedPROBLEM to be in a very difficult situation and not know what to do 处于困境；处于困惑

Examples from the Corpus

pickle• I thought I knew enough about eating a pickle without doing any fancy research.• He was likely in a pickle, what with Uncle Dan being ill and just one maid left to do the lot.• Dill and pickles, for example, are a strange combination, as is horseradish and roast beef.• They shared George's ham and pickle rolls and Leon's dry vanilla-tasting cake and chocolate.• a dill pickle• Corned beef is prepared by the curing of brisket, plate, and rump cuts from fairly high-grade beef carcasses in pickle.• This I corrected in a grocery store, piled with butter and big cheeses and shelves of pickles and bread.• At both lunch and dinner, a small salad, miso soup, pickles and rice are included.• Since then she had learned that pickle or sauce was a very rare treat.

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pickle2 verb [transitive]  DFCto preserve food in vinegar or salt water 〔用醋或盐水〕腌制〔食物〕→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

pickle• This is avidly collected by the locals as it is delicious boiled and pickled.• I had been resisting the whole idea of focus groups-when you went out and talked to pickle eaters.• I wondered if there might be a pickled heart tucked in among all the livers, kidneys, and spleens.• Green olives have to be treated in a soda solution to soften them before they are ready for pickling in brine.• We're pickled in our own solution.• Smell of beer and pickled meat.• pickled onions• From my childhood I remember being told that the way to improve your conkers was to pickle them in vinegar.Origin pickle1 (1300-1400) Probably from Middle Dutch pekel, peekel

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from Corpus a thick sauce is made cold that

pickle

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pick‧le¹ /ˈpɪkəl/ noun1. [uncountable and countable] British English a thick cold sauce that is made from pieces of vegetables preserved in vinegar. It is usually eaten with cold meat or cheese:
    cheese and pickle sandwiches
    a selection of cold meats and pickles
2.
   [countable] American English a cucumber preserved in vinegar or salt water, or a piece of this
   SYN  gherkin British English
3. be in a (pretty) pickle old-fashioned to be in a very difficult situation and not know what to do

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pickle² verb [transitive]
to preserve food in vinegar or salt water