pepper n. 1.胡椒;胡椒粉;〔P-〕【植物;植物學】胡椒屬。 2.刺激性;尖銳的批評。 3.暴躁,急性子。 4.〔美俚〕活力,精力;勁頭;勇氣。 white pepper 白胡椒。 beaten [ground] pepper 胡椒粉。 the Chinese [Japanese] pepper 秦椒。 the water pepper 蓼。 take pepper in the nose=grow pepper 發怒,動氣。 vt. 1.加胡椒粉于;撒(胡椒),用胡椒調(味)。 2.亂發(質問、子彈);【美拳】接連速擊。 3.〔罕用語〕嘲笑;痛罵;重罰。
Paul edgecomb tom hanks is the head guard on the green mile when a new inmate is brought into his custody : john coffey michael clarke duncan , convicted of the sadistic murder of two young girls . despite his size and the fearsome crimes for which he s serving time , coffey seems to be a kind and well - mannered person who behaves more like an innocent child than a hardened criminal . soon edgecomb and two of his fellow guards , howell david morse and stanton barry pepper , notice something odd about coffey : he s able to perform what seem to be miracles of healing among his fellow inmates , leading them to wonder just what sort of person he could be , and if he could have committed the crimes with which he was charged 綠里奇跡是發生在1935年美國不景氣年代的路易斯安那州監獄,湯漢演的獄長保羅,已不知道送過多少個死囚走過這段路,但當他押著身高六尺五寸的黑人哥菲上電椅時,卻有莫名的悲痛,哥菲被控虐殺兩個十幾歲的白人姐妹,但看似兇殘暴戾的黑人大只佬,卻是心地善良,胸無城府的大好人,而且他有神奇力量,用手一摸就能治療絕癥,通過心靈感應,保羅看到了真正的殺人兇手,但他卻無力為哥菲翻案,因而難以釋懷