词组 | pepper with |
释义 | pepper with 1. pepper sth with sth usually passive to include a lot of a particular type of words or phrases in a book, speech etc: ▪ The script, by Frank Clarke, is peppered with four-letter words and modern slang. ▪ Her early school reports were peppered with comments such as "Margaret has a very active imagination" and "Margaret must learn not to go off into a day-dream". pepper sth with sth (=use a lot of a particular type of language in a book, speech etc) ▪ Mussolini peppered his speeches with slogans. ■ SIMILAR TO: sprinkle (with) 2. be peppered with sth if something is peppered with smaller things, there are a lot of the smaller things all over it: ▪ The mountainside was steep and peppered with yellow bushes. ▪ He had thick black hair, peppered with grey. 3. pepper sb/sth with sth to fire a lot of bullets or throw a lot of things at someone or something: ▪ Anyone who tried to resist was swiftly peppered with a hail of bullets. |
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