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| 1 | C a part of a plant used as food , for example a potato , bean , or cabbage 蔬菜 |
| Eat more fresh fruit, vegetables, and salads. 多吃些新鲜水果、蔬菜和色拉。 |
| We grow all our own vegetables and herbs. 我们种自己所需的所有蔬菜和香草。 |
| fresh/green/leafy vegetables 新鲜/绿色/多叶蔬菜 |
| | 1a | relating to or produced from vegetables 蔬菜的 | | a vegetable garden 菜园 | | vegetable oil 植物油 | |
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| 2 | C/U science a plant , not an animal or a mineral 植物 |
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| 3 | C offensive someone who cannot communicate or move , especially as a result of brain damage after an accident or illness （尤指因事故或患病而大脑损伤、无法说话或动弹的）植物人 |
| | 3a | someone who is not at all active 呆板懒散的人 | | When I married you, you weren’ t such a vegetable! 我跟你结婚的时候你可不是这么一个呆板懒散的人啊！ | |
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