vegetable

noun

/ˈvedʒtəbl/

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(also informal, especially in North American English veggie)
a plant or part of a plant that is eaten as food. Potatoes, beans and onions are all vegetables.蔬菜
- The children don't eat enough fresh vegetables.孩子们没有吃足够的新鲜蔬菜。
- root vegetables (= for example carrots)块根蔬菜
- a vegetable garden菜园
- We grow our own vegetables.我们自己种菜。
- a salad of raw vegetables生菜色拉
- organic vegetables施有机肥料的蔬菜
- a vegetable patch/plot菜地/地块
- vegetable soup蔬菜汤
- vegetable matter (= plants in general)植物质
compare animal, fruit, mineral see also green vegetable, textured vegetable proteinTopics Fooda1, Farminga1
(offensive) a person who is physically alive but not capable of much mental or physical activity, for example because of an accident or illness植物人
- Severe brain damage turned him into a vegetable.严重的脑损伤使他变成了植物人。
a person who has a boring life生活单调乏味的人
- Since losing my job I've been a vegetable.失业以来我感到百无聊赖。

词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘growing as a plant’): from Old French, or from late Latin vegetabilis ‘animating’, from Latin vegetare, from vegetus ‘active’, from vegere ‘be active’. The current sense dates from the late 16th cent.

词汇	vegetable
释义	vegetable noun /ˈvedʒtəbl/ /ˈvedʒtəbl/ enlarge image (also informal, especially in North American English veggie) a plant or part of a plant that is eaten as food. Potatoes, beans and onions are all vegetables.蔬菜 The children don't eat enough fresh vegetables.孩子们没有吃足够的新鲜蔬菜。 root vegetables (= for example carrots)块根蔬菜 a vegetable garden菜园 We grow our own vegetables.我们自己种菜。 a salad of raw vegetables生菜色拉 organic vegetables施有机肥料的蔬菜 a vegetable patch/plot菜地/地块 vegetable soup蔬菜汤 vegetable matter (= plants in general)植物质 compare animal, fruit, mineral see also green vegetable, textured vegetable proteinTopics Fooda1, Farminga1 (offensive) a person who is physically alive but not capable of much mental or physical activity, for example because of an accident or illness植物人 Severe brain damage turned him into a vegetable.严重的脑损伤使他变成了植物人。 a person who has a boring life生活单调乏味的人 Since losing my job I've been a vegetable.失业以来我感到百无聊赖。词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘growing as a plant’): from Old French, or from late Latin vegetabilis ‘animating’, from Latin vegetare, from vegetus ‘active’, from vegere ‘be active’. The current sense dates from the late 16th cent.
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