"pease" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 豌豆（古語）

Definition

「pease」是「豌豆」的古老說法，多用於歷史或文學語境，特別指食物或「豌豆粥」時。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

「pease」是古語，現今英語幾乎不用，僅在歷史食譜（如「pease porridge」）或古文獻中見到。現代應使用「pea」和「peas」。偶然可見於童謠或舊文。

Examples

People once ate pease with bread for dinner.

過去人們晚餐經常喫**豌豆**配麵包。

A bowl of hot pease was a common meal.

一碗熱**豌豆**曾是常見的飯食。

They made pease soup in the old days.

以前人們會煮**豌豆**湯。

The rhyme says, 'Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold.'

童謠唱道：「**豌豆**粥熱，**豌豆**粥冷。」

Few people today know what pease means without looking it up.

現今很少有人不查資料就知道**豌豆**指什麼。

In medieval times, pease was a main source of protein for many families.

中世紀時，**豌豆**是許多家庭的主要蛋白質來源。