lettuce
noun /ˈletɪs/
/ˈletɪs/
[uncountable, countable]- enlarge imagea plant with large green leaves that are eaten raw, especially in salad. There are many types of lettuce.
莴苣;生菜 - a bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich
咸肉、生菜加番茄三明治 - Buy a lettuce and some tomatoes.
买一棵生菜和一些番茄。 - You need one whole head of lettuce for this salad.
做这道色拉你需要一整棵生菜。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- crisp
- crunchy
- limp
- …
- head
- wash
- grow
- pick
- …
- leaf
- on a bed of lettuce
词源Middle English: from Old French letues, laitues, plural of laitue, from Latin lactuca, from lac, lact- ‘milk’ (because of its milky juice). - a bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich