pepper
/ˈpepə(r); `pɛpɚ/ n
1 [U] hot-tasting powder made from the dried berries of certain plants and used for flavouring food 胡椒粉
a dash of pepper 少许胡椒粉.
2 [C]
(a) garden plant with large green, yellow or red hollow seed pods; capsicum 辣椒; 番椒.
(b) one of these pods used as a vegetable 辣椒（蔬菜）
peppers stuffed with meat and rice 肉末大米填充的辣椒. pepper, v
1 [Tn] put pepper on (food) 在（食物）上撒胡椒粉.
2 [Tn.pr] ~sb/sth with sth hit sb/sth repeatedly with small objects 用小物体不断打击某人 [某物]
The wall had been peppered with bullets. 墙上有密集的子弹痕迹.
a batsman peppering the field with shots 击球手把球连续不断地击向场地
(fig 比喻) pepper sb with questions 像开连珠炮般向某人提出许多问题.