单词 | vegetable |
释义 | Word Frequency vegetable(ˈvɛdʒtəbəl) noun 1. any of various herbaceous plants having parts that are used as food, such as peas, beans, cabbage, potatoes, cauliflower, and onions 2. offensive a person who has lost control of his or her mental faculties, limbs, etc, as from an injury, disease, etc 3. a. a dull inactive person b. (as modifier) a vegetable life 4. (modifier) consisting of or made from edible vegetables a vegetable diet 5. (modifier) of, relating to, characteristic of, derived from, or consisting of plants or plant material vegetable oils 6. rare any member of the plant kingdom Word origin c14 (adj): from Late Latin vegetābilis animating, from vegetāre to enliven, from Latin vegēre to excite |
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