c. 1400, probably from Middle Dutch pekel "pickle, brine," or related words in Low German and East Frisian (Dutch pekel, East Frisian p?kel, German p?kel), of uncertain origin or original meaning. Klein suggests the name of a medieval Dutch fisherman who developed the process. Originally a sauce served with meat or fowl; meaning "cucumber preserved in pickle" first recorded 1707, via use of the word for the salty liquid in which meat, etc. was preserved (c. 1500). Figurative sense of "sorry plight" first recorded 1560s, from the time when the word still meant a sauce served on meat about to be eaten. Meaning "troublesome boy" is from 1788, perhaps from the notion of being "imbued" with roguery.
pickle (v.)
1550s, from pickle (n.). Related: Pickled; pickling.
例文
1. Companies find themselves in a pickle when their makets change.
会社は市場が変化すると、自分が苦境に陥っていることに気づく。
2.Mother used to pickle onions.
母は昔タマネギをよく漬けていた。
3.Select your favourite fruit or veg and pickle them while they are still fresh.
大好きな果物や野菜を選んで、新鮮なうちに漬けておきます。
4.Caroline had sure as hell got herself into a pickle this time.
キャロラインは今回本当に大きなトラブルを起こした。
5.When there was nothing more to presrve，she began to pickle .