c. 1400, probably from Middle Dutch pekel "pickle, brine," or related words in Low German and East Frisian (Dutch pekel, East Frisian päkel, German pökel), 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.
双语例句
1. Companies find themselves in a pickle when their markets change.
公司在市场发生变化时会发现自己身陷困境。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Mother used to pickle onions.
妈妈过去常腌制洋葱.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Select your favourite fruit or veg and pickle them while they are still fresh.
挑选最喜欢的水果或蔬菜，趁着新鲜把它们腌起来。
来自柯林斯例句
4. Caroline had sure as hell got herself into a pickle this time.
卡罗琳这次真是惹了大麻烦。
来自辞典例句
5. When there was nothing more to preserve, she began to pickle.