jalapenos
jalapenos — noun
- jalapenossingular
- jalapenosesplural
1. hot chili peppers from Mexico that people often use in cooking while they are st
hot chili peppers from Mexico that people often use in cooking while they are still green.
Nora sliced fresh jalapenos onto the tacos before dinner.
slice jalapenos onto a dish
We left out the jalapenos because Grandpa cannot handle spicy food.
leave out the jalapenos
The cook pickled green jalapenos in a jar for next week.
Two jalapenos made the bean soup much hotter than Mina expected.
Street vendors often grill jalapenos beside onions and sweet corn.
- chili peppers
a broader term that includes jalapenos and many other spicy peppers
- hot peppers
an everyday phrase that stresses the spicy taste, not the exact variety
- green chilies
can refer to jalapenos in cooking, but it is less exact and may include other green peppers
文法句型
add jalapenos to + dish
leave out the jalapenos
pickle jalapenos in + jar
用法筆記
Usually used when talking about several peppers or slices in a dish. The singular form is jalapeno, and the word often suggests noticeable heat rather than an extremely hot pepper.