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单词 parsnip
释义

parsnip

/ˈpɑːsnɪp /
noun
1A long tapering cream-coloured root vegetable with a sweet flavour: roasted parsnips [mass noun]: a puree of celeriac and parsnip [as modifier]: parsnip wine...
  • The supermarket has also seen more root vegetables such as parsnips, potatoes and carrots being sold.
  • A few sweet roots, parsnips, carrots and a stalk of celery will add flavour to the pan juices.
  • When it comes to Christmas food I'm completely conventional - turkey, roast potatoes, roast parsnips, bread sauce, stuffing, English mustard and sausages.
2The Eurasian plant of the parsley family which yields parsnips.
  • Pastinaca sativa, family Umbelliferae.
Seeds that barely last to the second year include sweet corn, leek, onion, parsley, parsnip, rhubarb and salsify....
  • But there are also edible species of biennial, including carrots, parsley, parsnips and globe artichoke or cardoon.
  • The rule of thumb is to plant parsnips when you plant potatoes.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French pasnaie, from Latin pastinaca (related to pastinare 'dig and trench the ground'). The change in the ending was due to association with neep.

  • Parsnip is from Old French pasnaie, from Latin pastinaca, which is related to pastinare ‘dig and trench the ground’. The change in the ending was due to association with neep, a Scots and northern English word for ‘turnip’ (Old English, from Latin napus). The form turnip appeared M16th, but the origin of the first syllable is not known.

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