| 单词 | cabbage |
| 释义 | cabbage (once / 852 pages) 1n 2n 3v Cabbage is a vegetable with thick, lettuce-like leaves. You can grow both green and purple cabbage in your garden. You might shred some cabbage, mix it with chopped carrots and mayonnaise, and make coleslaw. Sauerkraut is another popular side dish made with cabbage. The cabbage plant is a close relation to broccoli and cauliflower, and has other plant relatives that are purely ornamental. In the 15th century, it was caboge, from the Middle French word caboche, or "head," ultimately from the Latin root caput, also "head." WORD FAMILYcabbage: cabbaged, cabbages, cabbaging USAGE EXAMPLESInclude brightly colored produce, including dark leafy greens, berries, broccoli, cabbage and beets. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) In another confusing shift from, or towards, tradition, our Christmas meal was goose, red cabbage, stollen, walnuts and marzipan. The Guardian(Dec 24, 2016) But it was that homely bowl of cabbage, pretty much ignored the evening before, that became a source of awe. Los Angeles Times(Dec 23, 2016) 1 1n any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers Syn|Hypo|Hyper Brassica oleracea, cultivated cabbage Brassica oleracea capitata, head cabbage, head cabbage plant any of various cultivated cabbage plants having a short thick stalk and large compact head of edible usually green leaves savoy cabbagecabbage plant with a compact head of crinkled leaves red cabbagecabbage plant with a compact head of reddish purple leaves crucifer, cruciferous plant any of various plants of the family Cruciferae 2n any of various types of cabbage 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper chou cole, kail, kale coarse curly-leafed cabbage Chinese cabbage, Chinese celery, celery cabbageelongated head of crisp celery-like stalks and light green leaves bok choi, bok choyelongated head of dark green leaves on thick white stalks head cabbageany of several varieties of cabbage having a large compact globular head; may be steamed or boiled or stir-fried or used raw in coleslaw collard greens, collardskale that has smooth leaves red cabbagecompact head of purplish-red leaves savoy, savoy cabbagehead of soft crinkly leaves cruciferous vegetable a vegetable of the mustard family: especially mustard greens; various cabbages; broccoli; cauliflower; brussels sprouts n informal terms for money 3Syn|Hyper boodle, bread, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum money the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender v make off with belongings of others Syn|Hyper abstract, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe steal take without the owner's consent |
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