pickle

Essiggurke, Gewürzgurke

Eine in Essig oder Salzwasser haltbar gemachte Gurke mit saurem Geschmack.

In einfachem Englisch: A cucumber kept in vinegar or salty water and eaten as a sour food.

• I ate a pickle.
• She added sliced pickles to her burger.
• Would you like a pickle with your sandwich?

Synonyme: pickled cucumber, gherkin

Häufige Wendungen: dill pickle, a crunchy pickle, pickle juice

eingelegtes Gemüse, Pickles

In Essig haltbar gemachtes Gemüse, das als Beilage einen säuerlichen Geschmack gibt.

In einfachem Englisch: A vegetable kept in vinegar and served with other food to add a sharp taste.

• These pickles are made from carrots.
• We served mixed pickles with the meal.
• She keeps several jars of homemade pickles in the cupboard.

Synonyme: pickled vegetable

Häufige Wendungen: mixed pickle, spicy pickle, a homemade pickle

Schwanz, Penis

Ein umgangssprachliches Wort für den Penis.

In einfachem Englisch: A slang word for a man’s penis.

• He called his penis his pickle.
• The crude joke was about a man’s pickle.
• She laughed when he used the word pickle for his penis.

Synonyme: penis, dick

Häufige Wendungen: his pickle, a man’s pickle

einlegen

Lebensmittel in Essig, Salzwasser oder einer Zuckermischung länger haltbar machen.

In einfachem Englisch: To keep food in vinegar, salty water, or a sugar mixture so it lasts longer.

• We pickle our own onions.
• She pickled the carrots in salty water.
• Can you pickle these vegetables before they go bad?

So benutzt man es: pickle something in something (We pickle the cucumbers in vinegar.)

Synonyme: preserve

Häufige Wendungen: pickle onions, pickle vegetables, pickle in vinegar

beizen

Metall mit Säure reinigen, um die durch Hitze oder Luft beschädigte Außenschicht zu entfernen.

In einfachem Englisch: To clean metal with acid, removing the damaged outer layer caused by heat or contact with air.

• The factory pickles steel.
• They pickled the fittings to remove surface scale.
• Wear protective clothing when you pickle metal in acid.

So benutzt man es: pickle something in acid (The workers pickle the steel in heated acid.)

Synonyme: acid-clean

Häufige Wendungen: pickle steel, pickle the fittings, pickle in acid