vegetate
verb /ˈvedʒəteɪt/
/ˈvedʒəteɪt/
[intransitive]动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they vegetate | /ˈvedʒəteɪt/ /ˈvedʒəteɪt/ |
| he / she / it vegetates | /ˈvedʒəteɪts/ /ˈvedʒəteɪts/ |
| past simple vegetated | /ˈvedʒəteɪtɪd/ /ˈvedʒəteɪtɪd/ |
| past participle vegetated | /ˈvedʒəteɪtɪd/ /ˈvedʒəteɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form vegetating | /ˈvedʒəteɪtɪŋ/ /ˈvedʒəteɪtɪŋ/ |
- (of a person
人 过无聊生活；无所用心 词源early 17th cent.: from Latin vegetat- ‘enlivened’, from the verb vegetare, from vegetus ‘active’, from vegere ‘be active’.