spice
US: /ˈspaɪs/
UK: /spˈaɪs/
UK: /spˈaɪs/
English Vietnamese dictionary
spice /spais/
- danh từ
- đồ gia vị
- cái làm thêm đậm đà (câu chuyện...)
- hơi hướng, vẻ; một chút, một ít
- there is a spice of malice in him: tính nó có hơi hiểm độc một chút
- a spice of envy in her tone: vẻ ghen tị trong giọng nói của cô ta
- ngoại động từ
- cho gia vị (vào thức ăn)
- làm đậm đà, thêm mắm thêm muối (vào câu chuyện)
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 [C, U] one of the various types of powder or seed that come from plants and are used in cooking. Spices have a strong taste and smell: common spices such as ginger and cinnamon + a spice jar / rack
2 [U] extra interest or excitement: We need an exciting trip to add some spice to our lives.
Idioms see VARIETY
+ verb [VN] ~ sth (up) (with sth)
1 to add spice to food in order to give it more flavour: highly spiced dishes
2 to add interest or excitement to sth: He exaggerated the details to spice up the story. + Her conversation is always spiced with humour.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 condiment, relish, seasoning, flavour(ing); herb:
Much of the purpose of early explorers was to search for spices.
2 zest, spiciness, piquancy, tang, pungency, bite, sharpness, poignancy, gusto, excitement, seasoning, dash, élan, colour, life, vigour, interest, stimulation, stimulant, spirit, Colloq vim, zip, pep, kick, pizazz, punch, ginger, pepper:
A holiday in the Bahamas will add a little spice to our lives.
v.
3 season, flavour:
Highly spiced food does not agree with many people.
4 Often, spice up. enliven, inspirit, stimulate, invigorate:
The proprietor felt that the new editor should try to spice up the magazine.
Collocation dictionary
1 flavour for food
ADJ.
ground | mixed | exotic
SPICE + NOUN
mix/mixture | cupboard, jar, rack
PHRASES
herbs and spices
2 excitement and interest
VERB + SPICE
add, give
The romance added spice to the holiday.
PREP.
with
Their bread is spiced with cinnamon.
PHRASES
heavily/highly spiced
I don't really like highly spiced food.
| lightly spiced
a dish of lightly spiced rice
Concise English dictionary
spices|spiced|spicingspaɪs
noun
+aromatic substances of vegetable origin used as a preservative
+any of a variety of pungent aromatic vegetable substances used for flavoring food
+the property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored
verb
+make more interesting or flavorful
+add herbs or spices to
