c. 1400, probably from Middle Dutch pekel "pickle, brine," or related words in Low German and East Frisian (Dutch pekel, East Frisian p?kel, German p?kel), of uncertain origin or original meaning. Klein suggests the name of a medieval Dutch fisherman who developed the process. Originally a sauce served with meat or fowl; meaning "cucumber preserved in pickle" first recorded 1707, via use of the word for the salty liquid in which meat, etc. was preserved (c. 1500). Figurative sense of "sorry plight" first recorded 1560s, from the time when the word still meant a sauce served on meat about to be eaten. Meaning "troublesome boy" is from 1788, perhaps from the notion of being "imbued" with roguery.
pickle (v.)
1550s, from pickle (n.). Related: Pickled; pickling.
雙語例句
1. Companies find themselves in a pickle when their markets change.
公司在市場發(fā)生變化時會發(fā)現(xiàn)自己身陷困境。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Mother used to pickle onions.
媽媽過去常腌制洋蔥.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Select your favourite fruit or veg and pickle them while they are still fresh.
挑選最喜歡的水果或蔬菜，趁著新鮮把它們腌起來。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Caroline had sure as hell got herself into a pickle this time.
卡羅琳這次真是惹了大麻煩。
來自辭典例句
5. When there was nothing more to preserve, she began to pickle.