bean
noun /biːn/
/biːn/
Idioms - enlarge imagea seed, or pod containing seeds, of a climbing plant, eaten as a vegetable. There are several types of bean and the plants that they grow on are also called beans.
豆；菜豆；豆荚；豆科植物 - green beans
青豆 - runner beans
红花菜豆 - beans (= baked beans) on toast
面包片加烘豆 - a can/tin of beans
一罐/一听豆子 - She grows her own broad beans.
她自己种蚕豆。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- broad
- butter
- chilli
- …
- plant
- grow
- drain
- …
- curd
- sprout
- green beans
- (usually in compounds
通常构成复合词 （咖啡树或其他某些植物的）籽实 - cocoa/coffee beans
可可豆/咖啡豆
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- castor
- cocoa
- coffee
- …
- roast
- grind
- cocoa/coffee beans
词源Old English bēan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch boon and German Bohne.
Idioms
full of beans/life
- (of a person
人 精力充沛
a hill of beans
- (North American English, old-fashioned, informal) something that is not worth much
没有多大价值的东西
not have a bean
- (British English, informal) to have no money
没钱；不名一文
not know beans about something
- (North American English, informal) to know nothing about a subject
完全不懂行；对…一窍不通 - I don’t know beans about making movies.
我对拍电影一窍不通。
- I don’t know beans about making movies.
spill the beans
- (informal) to tell somebody something that should be kept secret or private
泄露秘密；说漏嘴