spicy

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spic·y /ˈspaɪsi/ S3 adjectiveadj

1 DFCHOT TASTEfood that is spicy has a pleasantly strong taste, and gives you a pleasant burning feeling in your mouth 〔食物〕加有香料的；辛辣的 SYN hot, → spice

a spicy tomato sauce

辣番茄酱

► see thesaurus at taste

2. RUDE/OBSCENEa story or picture that is spicy is slightly shocking or rude because it tells about or shows something relating to sex 〔故事或图片〕色情的，粗俗的

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spicy• It was all tasty and could be more or less spicy, according to individual taste.• Slightly spicy and redolent with cilantro, the velvety soup also contained chopped tomatoes, corn, carrots, celery and onion.• Baby mustard greens have a spicy bite.• Also on the salsa bar: big bowls of spicy carrots and hot peppers, cilantro and jicama sticks.• Pizza Roll - spicy chopped pork with hunks of garlic salami, black olives, red popper and gherkins.• I added ginger and cumin to give the rice a spicy flavour.• Tina loves hot spicy food.• The food is spicy, garlicky and delicious.• spicy Italian sausage• The magazine published several spicy pictures of the actress at the beach.• Another held an array of cured meats, hams, spicy sausages and salamis.• So I usually sipped spicy tea and listened to records all night.

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