单词 | eat the leek |
释义 | leek /lēk/nounA vegetable (Allium porrum) of the onion genus, with broad flat leaves and a slim white bulb which extends into a long stem, taken as the national emblem of Wales ORIGIN: OE lēac leek, plant; cf charlock, garlic and hemlock eat the leek (Shakespeare) To be compelled to take back one's words or put up with insulting treatment |
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