Word · Frequency #7749
spices
/spaɪs/
verb
加香料；调味
spices is the third person singular of spice.
To add spice or spices to; season.
- 1.
To add spice or spices to; season.
加香料于；调味。
- 2.
To spice up.
使更有趣；使更刺激。
使更有趣；使更刺激；加香料于；调味。；使更有趣；使更刺激。；加香料；使添趣味
In use
She likes to spice the chicken with paprika and garlic before baking it.
Adding some chili peppers will spice up the soup.
He spiced his speech with a few jokes to keep the audience awake.
Verb forms
base spice · third person spices · -ing spicing · past spiced · past participle spiced
规则动词；spice sth up 意为‘为…增添趣味’。
Connections
Learner notes
Grammar Note
作及物动词，可直接接名词作宾语；常用短语 spice up 表示“给……增添趣味/刺激”，宾语可放在 up 前后，如 spice up the party 或 spice the party up。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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