vegetate
/ˈvedʒɪteɪt/verb
no obj.
1
- live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way无所事事地生活; 过单调生活：
if she left him there alone, he'd sit in front of the television set and vegetate.
如果她留下他一个人, 他就会坐在电视机前, 无所事事。
2
- dated (of a plant or seed) grow; sprout〈旧〉（植物, 种子）生长; 发芽。
2.1
- with obj. cause plants to grow in or cover (a place)使植物定植于; 使布满植物。
词源
early 17th cent.: from Latin vegetat- 'enlivened', from the verb vegetare, from vegetus 'active', from vegere 'be active'.