英语释义
1. a solution or bath for preserving or cleaning: such as
2. a brine or vinegar solution in which foods are preserved
3. any of various baths used in industrial cleaning or processing
4. a difficult situation plight
could see no way out of the pickle I was in
— R. L. Stevenson
5. an article of food that has been preserved in brine or in vinegar specifically a cucumber that has been so preserved
6. to treat, preserve, or clean in or with a pickle
7. to give a light finish to (something, such as furniture) by bleaching or painting and wiping
8. grain, kernel
9. a small quantity
10. to preserve (food) with salt water or vinegar
11. a piece of food and especially a cucumber that has been preserved in a solution of salt water or vinegar
12. a mixture of salt and water or vinegar for keeping foods brine
13. a difficult or very unpleasant situation
A nice pickle they were all in now … with three angry trolls …
— J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
14. to soak or keep in a solution of salt water or vinegar