[N-COUNT 可数名词]蔬菜Vegetables are plants such as cabbages, potatoes, and onions which you can cook and eat.
A good general diet should include plenty of fresh vegetables.
良好的日常饮食应该包含大量的新鲜蔬菜。
...traditional Caribbean fruit and vegetables.
加勒比地区传统的水果和蔬菜
...vegetable soup.
蔬菜汤
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[ADJ 形容词]蔬菜的；植物的Vegetable matter comes from plants.
[usu ADJ n]
[FORMAL 正式]
...compounds, of animal, vegetable or mineral origin.
动物源性、植物源性或矿物源性的化合物
...decayed vegetable matter.
腐烂的植物质
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]植物人 If someone refers to a brain-damaged person as a vegetable, they mean that the person cannot move, think, or speak.
[usu sing]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
[OFFENSIVE 冒犯]
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vege·table★/ˈvedʒtəbl; NAmEˈvedʒtəbl/noun _vegetables_garlic_comp.jpg _corn.jpg 1★(alsoinformalveg·gieespecially in NAmE)a plant or part of a plant that is eaten as food. Potatoes, beansand onions are all vegetables.蔬菜◆green vegetables(= for example cabbage) 绿色蔬菜◆root vegetables(= for example carrots) 块根蔬菜◆a salad of raw vegetables生菜色拉◆a vegetable garden/patch/plot菜园；菜畦；菜地◆vegetable matter (= plants in general)植物质☞compare
animal
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fruit
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mineral
(1 )2(BrE alsocab·bage)a person who is physically alive but not capable of much mental or physical activity, for example because of an accident or illness 植物人◆Severe brain damage turned him into a vegetable.严重的脑损伤使他变成了植物人。3a 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。vegetablevegetablesvege·table/ˈvedʒtəbl; NAmEˈvedʒtəbl/
1a plant that is eaten raw or cooked, such as a cabbage, a carrot, or peas: fresh fruit and vegetables organic methods of growing vegetables vegetable soup a neat vegetable garden Vitamin A is found in liver and green vegetables.salad vegetables (=vegetables such as lettuce or tomatoes eaten raw)GRAMMAR: Countable or uncountable?• Vegetable is used as a countable noun: · Her son doesn’t like eating vegetables.✗Don’t say: Her son doesn’t like eating vegetable.• Vegetable is used before nouns, for example vegetable soup, vegetable oil. ✗Don’t say: vegetables soup2not polite an offensive word for someone who is alive but who cannot talk or move because their brain is damagedCOLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + vegetablefresh· Fresh vegetables taste best immediately after they’ve been picked.raw· Some vegetables are better eaten raw.organic (=grown without using chemicals)· Most supermarkets sell organic fruit and vegetables.tinned/canned· Do canned vegetables have as many vitamins as fresh ones?frozen· packets of frozen vegetablesgreen vegetables· Eat plenty of green vegetables.leafy vegetables· Leafy vegetables contain iron, which is good for the blood.root vegetables (=vegetables whose roots you eat, such as carrots)· Excellent soups can be made from root vegetables.a salad vegetable (=a vegetable that is eaten raw in a salad)· You can buy ready-prepared salad vegetables.baby vegetables (=vegetables that have not grown to their full size)· Baby vegetables, especially carrots and corn, appeal to youngsters.vegetable + NOUNvegetable soup· I think I’ll have the vegetable soup.vegetable stock (=a liquid in which vegetables have been cooked)· Gently cook the mushrooms and onions in the vegetable stock.vegetable oil· She uses vegetable oil instead of lard.a vegetable garden/patch/plot· Anna was digging in the vegetable garden.verbsgrow vegetables· If we had a garden, we could grow our own vegetables.
vegetable1 noun
vegetable2 adjective
vegetablevegetable2 adjective [only before noun]
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formal relating to plants in general, rather than animals or things that are not living → mineral: decomposing vegetable matter
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