1
- a plant or part of a plant used as food, typically as accompaniment to meat or fish, such as a cabbage, potato, turnip, or bean蔬菜。
2
- informal, offensive a person who is incapable of normal mental or physical activity, especially through brain damage〈非正式, 冒犯〉植物人。
2.1
- informal a person with a dull or inactive life〈非正式〉生活单调少动者：
I thought I'd sort of flop back and be a vegetable for a bit.
我想我会放缓一点, 当一会儿闲人。
attrib.
1- of or relating to vegetables as food蔬菜的：
a vegetable garden
菜园
vegetable soup.
蔬菜汤。
1.1
- of or relating to plants or plant life, especially as distinct from animal life or mineral substances植物的（尤指不同于动物或矿物）：
vegetable matter.
植物性物质。
词源
late Middle English （in the sense 'growing as a plant'）： from Old French, or from late Latin vegetabilis 'animating', from Latin vegetare （see VEGETATE）. The noun dates from the late 16th cent.