单词 | veg |
释义 | vegn.2adj.2 A. n.2 A vegetarian.In quot. 1898: a vegetarian restaurant. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > following specific diet > [noun] > vegetarianism or veganism > vegetarian or vegan Pythagorean1819 Grahamite1834 vegetarian1842 pythagorizer1875 veg1884 fruitarian1893 nutarian1909 nut-fooder1917 lacto-ovo-vegetarian1940 vegan1944 veggie1955 1884 Eng. Mechanic & World of Sci. 39 167/1 I enjoy my food far more since I became a veg. 1898 A. Bennett Man From North xi. 95 You know Miss Roberts at the veg—red-haired tart. 1992 Acta Victoriana Feb. 5/1 Everyone is a tofu-sucking veg these days. 2008 Ask Cosmogirl 60 Being a veg means thinking ahead so you can eat right each day. B. adj.2 = vegetarian adj. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > following specific diet > [adjective] > vegetarian or vegan Pythagorical1570 Pythagorean1651 vegetable1812 vegetarian1847 vegetizing1857 vegetant1858 veg1884 lacto-ovo-vegetarian1940 veggie1942 vegan1944 1884 Eng. Mechanic & World of Sci. 39 167/1 There is such an endless variety in a veg. diet that I really believe it would be possible to go for 6 months without having the same dish twice. 1897 Food, Home & Garden July 129/2 (heading) The synopsis of the veg. system. 1973 Observer 18 Feb. 44/2 Miss Grainer, who runs a veg restaurant in Covent Garden called Food for Thought. 1989 Vegetarian Times Aug. 50/2 Sunday brunch features scrambled tofu, veg sausage, hash browns, spinach lasagna, [etc.]. 2006 K. Iacobbo & M. Iacobbo Vegetarians & Vegans in Amer. Today 46 We have definitely had guests who while not veg or vegan expressed great interest in trying our recipes at home. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). vegadj.1n.1 colloquial (chiefly British). = vegetable adj. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > [adjective] vegetablea1500 vegetive1526 vegetant?1553 plantlike1567 vegetable1582 vegetal1596 plantal1642 vegetative1662 veg1765 vegetably1834 phytoid1853 phytiform1890 1765 Crit. Rev. Oct. 284 The vitriolic acid, with a fixed vegetable alkali, forms vitriolic tartar... A vegetable acid, with a fixed veg. alkali, regenerated tartar. 1795 J. E. Smith Syllabus Lect. Bot. 48 Nobles of the veg. kingdom. B. n.1 A vegetable; a plant grown for or used as food. Frequently in plural. Cf. veggie n.1 ΘΚΠ the world > plants > wild and cultivated plants > food plant or vegetable > [noun] victualc1374 fruita1400 vegetive1678 legume1687 vegetable1727 veg1844 veggie1907 weggebobble1922 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > [noun] garden stuff1599 legume1653 kitchen-tillage1669 vegetive1678 olitory1696 vegetable food1700 kitchen stuffc1710 vegetable1727 veg1844 veggie1907 weggebobble1922 1844 J. Dunkin Hist. & Antiq. Dartford App. 435 Meat Pudding with Veg. 1898 Food, Home & Garden Feb. 27 (heading) Fresh gathered fruit & veg. 1918 G. Frankau One of Them xxviii. 219 Clerk of the Court, begone to veg. and joint! 1940 P. G. Wodehouse Quick Service ii. 21 Have a custard apple? It's on the house. The fruit and veg. department has just given of its plenty. 1960 A. Wesker I'm talking about Jerusalem i. 26 Good garden here. Grow your own veges. 1984 Economist 3 Nov. 18/1 Treasury officials paying for their meat and two veg are rightly suspicious. 2008 BBC Good Food Sept. 45/1 Crudités of colourful veg with strips of pitta bread and a mini portion of houmous. Compounds veg box n. chiefly British = vegetable box n. (b) at vegetable n. Compounds 2; frequently attributive in veg-box scheme. ΚΠ 1995 Living Earth Summer 9/1 Vegeboxes—weekly deliveries of fresh organic produce—have proved so popular that the Soil Association estimates 30% of organic growers are selling their vegetables this way.] 1996 Living Earth Winter 7/4 ‘We owe a lot to the supermarkets,’ says grower Jan Deane, pioneer of veg-box distribution schemes. 1999 Guardian 15 Oct. (Seeds of Change Suppl.) 3/1 She and her husband have a veg box delivered once a fortnight, because she is ‘watching her purse.’ 2004 BBC Good Food Oct. 168/2 We joined an organic veg-box scheme a couple of months ago. 2009 G. Miller & K. Reeve Rough Guide Food iv. 241 I had been put off by the veg box I had in the 1990s—the mass of curly kale and potatoes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). vegv. slang (originally North American). intransitive. To disengage mentally; to do nothing as a way of relaxing, to pass the time in (mindless) inactivity, esp. by watching television. Frequently with out. Cf. vegetate v. 6a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > be listless or lethargic [verb (intransitive)] slumberc1380 dream1548 vegetate1740 moon1763 stagnate1774 maunder1775 Dianize1834 veg1979 1979 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Mar. (Fanfare section) 6/4 There's not the same flavor there used to be to travelling... People just go to veg out, not to find out. 1986 G. Wolff Providence iv. 29 The dog just vegged, head between its paws. 1991 Ottawa Citizen 14 Dec. 56/1 We tend to turn on the set, aim the remote, then veg. 2000 ‘J. Churchill’ Mulch Ado about Nothing xxv. 191 I want to put on my jammies and veg out in front of my new television. 2010 Time Out N.Y. 8 Apr. 136/4 What do you watch when you want to veg out? Seinfeld, SpongeBob SquarePants and the Simpsons. Derivatives vegged adj. rare = vegged-out adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] unlustyc1225 sleepyc1384 phlegmatica1400 listlessc1440 owlist1440 unlisty1440 phlegmyc1450 sweyntc1450 supine1554 resty1565 unactive1591 sleepy-headed1600 log-like1602 inertious1611 stupefied?1611 lethargic1612 sedentary1625 torpent1647 torpid1656 torpulent1657 softly1664 inert1774 vegetative1789 spiritless1798 unenergetic1805 sloomy1820 slow-going1825 inenergetic1826 comatose1828 moony1847 mooning1864 torpid-minded1909 narcoleptic1965 vegged1986 1986 Life Mar. 46/2 Jeff Abrams..uses the word ‘vegged’ to describe when ‘you're sitting on your couch, your house catches on fire, and you sit there and say, “Wow”.’ 1991 M. Cormany Polaroid Man 71 So I spent Tuesday vegged on the couch. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.2adj.21884adj.1n.11765v.1979 |
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