spicy

🇬🇧 UK/'spaisi/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

adj.

Having a strong, pungent, or hot flavor from spices; mildly indecent or risqué.

辛辣的,有香料味的;有点下流的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
spicroot
+
ycharacterized by
=spicy

Common Collocations

  • 1.spicy food辛辣食物
  • 2.spicy flavor辛辣口味
  • 3.[spicy joke]荤段子
  • 4.spicy dish辣味菜肴

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    I love spicy food, but this curry was almost too hot to eat.

  • 2.

    The comedian's spicy jokes made some audience members uncomfortable.

  • 3.

    She shared some spicy gossip about their new colleague at lunch.

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