veg·e·ta·ble

noun

/ˈvedʒtəbl/

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(also especially North American English, informal 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.孩子们新鲜蔬菜吃得不够。
- 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) an offensive word for a person who is physically alive but not capable of much mental or physical activity, for example because of a serious accident or illness对身体还活着但无法进行太多精神或身体活动的人的攻击性词语，例如由于严重事故或疾病
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。

Word Originlate 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.

单词	vegetable
释义	veg·e·ta·ble noun /ˈvedʒtəbl/ /ˈvedʒtəbl/ enlarge image (also especially North American English, informal 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.孩子们新鲜蔬菜吃得不够。 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) an offensive word for a person who is physically alive but not capable of much mental or physical activity, for example because of a serious accident or illness对身体还活着但无法进行太多精神或身体活动的人的攻击性词语，例如由于严重事故或疾病 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。 Word Originlate 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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