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单词 eat the leek
释义

leek /lēk/

noun

A 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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