A pimento is a small, mild red pepper — sweet rather than hot. The ones people know best are the little red strips stuffed inside green olives.

A pimento is a small, mild red pepperpimento是一種小小的、溫和的紅椒——sweet rather than hot偏甜不辣。The ones people know best大家最熟悉的樣子是are the little red strips stuffed inside green olives塞在綠橄欖裡的那種小紅條。

Cooks also chop pimentos into cheese (pimento cheese is a southern US spread) or into salads, because they add colour and a gentle pepper taste without burning your mouth.

Cooks also chop pimentos into cheese廚師也會把pimento切碎加進起司裡 (pimento cheese is a southern US spread)（pimento cheese是美國南方的一種抹醬）or into salads或加進沙拉裡，because they add colour and a gentle pepper taste without burning your mouth因為它們能增添顏色和淡淡的椒味，又不會辣口。

The word sits next to Spanish pimiento, which can mean pepper more broadly, and English also uses the spelling pimiento for this same mild red pepper.

The word sits next to Spanish pimiento這個字跟西班牙文的pimiento很接近，which can mean pepper more broadly後者可以泛指「胡椒／辣椒」，and English also uses the spelling pimiento for this same mild red pepper而英文也會用pimiento這個拼法來指同一種溫和紅椒。

Though actually, in Jamaica and some spice shops, pimento can mean allspice, the dried berry — a different plant altogether. So if a recipe says pimento, check whether it wants the mild red pepper or the spice. The meaning here is the mild red pepper.

Though actually不過實際上，in Jamaica and some spice shops在牙買加和一些香料店裡，pimento can mean allspicepimento可能是指allspice（多香果），the dried berry也就是那種乾燥的漿果——a different plant altogether是完全不同的植物。So if a recipe says pimento所以如果食譜寫pimento，check whether it wants the mild red pepper or the spice要確認它要的是溫和紅椒還是那種香料。The meaning here is the mild red pepper這裡教的意思是溫和紅椒。