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vegetable

英 ['vedʒtəb(ə)l; 'vedʒɪtə-] 美['vɛdʒtəbl]

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近义词plant legume root produce herb

n. 蔬菜；植物；植物人
adj. 蔬菜的；植物的

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复数: vegetables;

中文词源

vegetable 植物，蔬菜，植物人

来自PIE*weg,有活力的，有生命的，词源同wake,vigilance,引申词义植物，蔬菜，俚语义植物人。

英英释意

1. edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant

2. any of various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower

英文词源

vegetable: vegetable: [14] Latin vegēre meant ‘be active’ (it was formed from the same Indo-European base as lies behind English vigil, vigour, and wake). From it was derived vegetus ‘active’, which in turn formed the basis of vegetāre ‘enliven, animate’. From this again came late Latin vegetābilis ‘enlivening’, which came to be applied specifically to plant growth.

It was in this sense that the word entered English (via Old French vegetable), and it was not further narrowed down to ‘plant grown for food’ until the 18th century. Its semantic descent from its original links with ‘life, liveliness’ was completed in the early 20th century, when vegetable came to be used for an ‘inactive person’. The derivative vegetarian was formed in the early 1840s, and vegan was coined from this around 1944.
=> vigil, vigour, wake
vegetable (adj.): early 15c., "capable of life or growth; growing, vigorous;" also "neither animal nor mineral, of the plant kingdom, living and growing as a plant," from Old French vegetable "living, fit to live," and directly from Medieval Latin vegetabilis "growing, flourishing," from Late Latin vegetabilis "animating, enlivening," from Latin vegetare "to enliven," from vegetus "vigorous, enlivened, active, sprightly," from vegere "to be alive, active, to quicken," from PIE *weg- (2) "be strong, lively," source of watch (v.), vigor, velocity, and possibly witch (see wake (v.)). The meaning "resembling that of a vegetable, dull, uneventful; having life such as a plant has" is attested from 1854 (see vegetable (n.)).
vegetable (n.): mid-15c., "non-animal life," originally any plant, from vegetable (adj.); specific sense of "plant cultivated for food, edible herb or root" is first recorded 1767. Meaning "person who leads a monotonous life" is recorded from 1921; sense of "one totally incapacitated mentally and physically" is from 1976.

The Old English word was wyrt (see wort). The commonest source of words for vegetables in Indo-European languages are derivatives of words for "green" or "growing" (compare Italian, Spanish verdura, Irish glasraidh, Danish grøntsager). For a different association, compare Greek lakhana, related to lakhaino "to dig."

考试真题

But there is also pressure to buy local and save on food miles, which means we take our vegetables from the local markets, and there are a lot that work well with British staples.

Tamlyn says that besides importing ingredients from Britain once a week, his restaurant also buys vegetables from the local markets

Some independent thinkers have even produced cars that run on vegetable oil.

They have a broader knowledge of nutrition, so they buy more fresh fruit and vegetables than ever before

Most Americans don’t eat enough fruits, vegetables or whole grains.

Perfectly eatable fruit and vegetable crops often fail to reach supermarkets due to their size or physical appearance.

Major supermarkets, in meeting consumer expectations, will often reject entire crops of perfectly edible fruit and vegetables at the farm because they do not meet exacting marketing standards for their physical characteristics, such as size and appearance.

This is particularly crucial in the case of meat production, where beef uses about 50 times more water than vegetables

Beef consumes far more water to produce than vegetables.

In the Netherlands, Shell delivers CO2 to farmers who pipe it into their greenhouses, increasing their yield of fruits and vegetables.

Add more fruits and vegetables to her diet.

Saturated fats are fats that are found principally in meat and dairy products, although some nuts and vegetable oils also contain them.

As the vegetables started coming in, dad threw himself into cooking.

But I like all kinds of fish and vegetables.

Cheese-loving inventor Wallace and his brainy dog gromit have started a company to protect the town's vegetables from hungry rabbits.

For example, stores place fruits and vegetables in the first section.

Grandma's rose garden and Dad's vegetable garden might be good or bad, but that's not what's important.

He planted vegetables, fruit trees and even kept bees for honey.

However, just before the annual giant vegetable competitions, an enormous rabbit begins terrorising the town.

It enables small-scale farmers to harvest 175 pounds of green vegetables per hour—a huge improvement over harvesting just a few dozen pounds by hand—suddenly making it possible for the little guys to compete with large farms of California.

It is eating all the vegetables and destroying everything in its path.

One day, armed with a basket of vegetables, he announced he was going to make stew.

Swimming pools, wine tasting, and pink sunsets at normal evening hours, not 4 in the afternoon filled the weekend, but the best part- particularly to my taste, dulled by months of cold--weather root vegetables--was a 7 a.m. adventure to the Sarasot

The pressure built and the vegetables cooked.

When harvest came around, he was already selling herbs, vegetables and cotton in the market which people from the towns met regularly.

You can plant a tree, make a meal with locally grown vegetables, or save power — the possibilities are endless.

Planning ahead should eliminate wastage, but if you have surplus vegetables you'll do a vegetable soup, and all fruits threatening to "go off" will be cooked or juice.

实用场景例句

green vegetables (= for example cabbage ): 绿色蔬菜

root vegetables (= for example carrots ): 块根蔬菜

a salad of raw vegetables: 生菜色拉

a vegetable garden/patch/plot: 菜园 / 畦 / 地

vegetable matter (= plants in general): 植物质

Severe brain damage turned him into a vegetable.: 严重的脑损伤使他变成了植物人。

Since losing my job I've been a vegetable.: 失业以来我感到百无聊赖。

A good general diet should include plenty of fresh vegetables.: 良好的日常饮食应该包含大量的新鲜蔬菜。

...traditional Caribbean fruit and vegetables.: 加勒比地区传统的水果和蔬菜

...compounds, of animal, vegetable or mineral origin.: 动物源性、植物源性或矿物源性的化合物

...decayed vegetable matter.: 腐烂的植物质

The research development of vegetable tanning light leather was summarized.: 对目前关于植物鞣剂用于轻革的研究进展进行了综述.

All around the village are vegetable fields.: 村子四围都是菜地.

Animal and vegetable pests spread with extreme rapidity.: 动植物疫害传播极快.

Don't mix up the two kinds of vegetable seeds.: 别把这两种菜籽搀杂在一起.

The tomato is technically a fruit, although it is eaten as a vegetable.: 严格地说,西红柿是一种水果, 尽管它是当作蔬菜吃的.

After the accident he began to lead a vegetable life.: 从那次事故后,他开始过植物人的生活.

A vegetable stew can be perked up with a dash of chilli sauce.: 给炖菜加点辣椒酱能使味道更佳。

We sowed our vegetable seed yesterday. Have you sown yours?: 昨天我们播下了菜籽, 你也播了吗 ?

The land is cultivated with rice, cotton and vegetable.: 地里种着水稻、棉花和蔬菜.

How many crops can this vegetable plot produce a year?: 这块菜地一年种几茬?

Most foreign trading companies in West Africa deals in rubber, cocoa and vegetable oil.: 西非的大多数外贸公司经营橡胶、可可和植物油.

He is interested in vegetable cultivation.: 他对蔬菜栽培感兴趣.

Beets are Hank's favorite vegetable.: 甜菜根是汉克最爱吃的蔬菜.

The giant cactus is the vegetable skycraper.: 高大的仙人掌是植物界巨人.

There are green and lush vegetable plots [ beds ] in our vicinity.: 我们住所周围一片绿油油的菜地.

The farmers ploughed the vegetable leaves back to enrich the soil.: 农夫们把蔬菜叶犁入土中作肥料.

The pesticide was spread over the vegetable plot.: 菜田里撒上了农药.

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