Spice up 增添趣味
Do you like hot and spicy food? You must know what this is.
今日小常識(shí)
Paprika is a spice made out of dried and ground chilli peppers. It is popular in the cuisines of Hungary, Spain and Mexico, and is higher in vitamin C than some citrus fruits.
匈牙利辣椒粉是匈牙利紅辣椒曬干磨制而成。匈牙利辣椒粉是匈牙利、西班牙和墨西哥許多當(dāng)?shù)夭穗鹊谋貍湔{(diào)味料。這種辣椒所含的維他命C甚至比許多檸檬科水果還要高。
今日短語(yǔ)
去 spice something up 的意思就是放更多香料在食物或飲料里使其更有滋味。另外你也可以 spice up 一段講話、一個(gè)表演或活動(dòng)：在這里就不是放調(diào)料了，而是在其中加入更有趣味，引人入勝的內(nèi)容。
例句
This salad was a bit boring so I spiced it up with some chilli sauce.
Martin's speech was really dull. He should have spiced it up with some jokes!
請(qǐng)注意
如果某人被形容為 as salt and pepper, 就是說(shuō)他原來(lái)深色的頭發(fā)已經(jīng)開(kāi)始摻雜白發(fā)了。
例句
Mark used to have lovely black hair but now he's salt and pepper. But you know what, I like it!
