单词 | veggie |
释义 | veggien.1 colloquial (chiefly North American, Australian, and New Zealand). A vegetable; a plant grown for or used as food. Usually in plural. Cf. veg n.1 ΘΚΠ the world > plants > wild and cultivated plants > food plant or vegetable > [noun] victualc1374 fruita1400 vegetive1678 legume1687 vegetable1727 veg1844 veggie1907 weggebobble1922 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > [noun] garden stuff1599 legume1653 kitchen-tillage1669 vegetive1678 olitory1696 vegetable food1700 kitchen stuffc1710 vegetable1727 veg1844 veggie1907 weggebobble1922 1907 Punch 20 Mar. 199/2 You ask about vegies. I look with a hearty Approval on crops of Jerusalem arti. 1955 ‘C. Brown’ Lost Girls xii. 132 I did get a job for myself, selling vegies at a stall in the market. 1976 New Yorker 8 Mar. 28/3 They wash and chop veggies and hand them out at the right time to the right people. 1992 Canad. Gardening May 45/2 Radishes: the fastest (21 to 28 days) and easiest veggie to grow. 2003 L. F. Winner Mudhouse Sabbath ii. 18 At non-kosher restaurants, you're stuck drinking water and possibly munching on raw veggies. Compounds General attributive and objective. ΚΠ 1942 Western Mail (Perth, Austral.) 18 June 41/2 The crops are nice and green and the feed is lovely, also the ‘vegie’ gardens too. 1981 N.Y. Times 18 Oct. (Connecticut Weekly section) 18/1 If you can't get close enough to see the Wonder Veggie Slicer demonstration this time, there will be another in 10 minutes. 1990 EastWest Dec. 29/3 (advt.) Study the arts of veggie cutting & preparation. 1999 T. Shillitoe Joy Ride iv. 32 The old man hated the dog because Corker loved the veggie patch the old man had in the backyard. He dug up everything. 2002 S. Merrett Water for Agric. ii. 38 Intermittent failure to deliver the weekly veggie boxes would quickly lead to loss of sales. 2008 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 18 Oct. 4 If you're scratching around the vege drawer in your fridge for salad ingredients this summer and can't find enough..try foraging in the backyard. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). veggieadj.n.2 colloquial. A. adj. = vegetarian adj. 1, 2. Cf. vegeburger n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > following specific diet > [adjective] > vegetarian or vegan Pythagorical1570 Pythagorean1651 vegetable1812 vegetarian1847 vegetizing1857 vegetant1858 veg1884 lacto-ovo-vegetarian1940 veggie1942 vegan1944 the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > vegetarian or vegan vegetarian1843 meatless1862 animal-free1918 vegan1944 soya-based1954 soy-based1955 plant-based1971 veggie1986 1942 Motor 18 Feb. 40/3 If strict vegetarianism continues to spread, the development of adhesive plastics is important, for ‘veggy’ clients may refuse to purchase a car in the bodywork of which ordinary glues of animal origin have been employed. 1978 Washington Post 29 Sept. 3/4 Sunday is World Vegetarian Day... Special veggie conference events on Saturday include a ‘space vegetarian’ lunch. 1986 City Limits 15 Jan. 77 Built on a solid base of traditional veggie dishes like nut roasts..it doesn't seem to be living up to its reputation. 1997 News of World 14 Dec. (Sunday Mag.) 31/1 It may be his mother at your place, your auntie at her place or all decamping to a veggie restaurant 50 miles away for Christmas lunch. 2008 S. Armitage Gig (2009) 203 He'd left the studio for a comfort break or a veggie kebab. B. n.2 = vegetarian n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > following specific diet > [noun] > vegetarianism or veganism > vegetarian or vegan Pythagorean1819 Grahamite1834 vegetarian1842 pythagorizer1875 veg1884 fruitarian1893 nutarian1909 nut-fooder1917 lacto-ovo-vegetarian1940 vegan1944 veggie1955 1955 Racine (Wisconsin) Jrnl.-Times 16 Aug. 16/5 As a keen aficionado of what the veggies call ‘vulture food’, which is to say meat, I manage to control my emotion over the plight of a four-year-old steer. 1981 J. Updike Rabbit is Rich (1982) i. 77 ‘Melanie's a veggy, Dad.’ ‘Veggy?’ ‘Vegetarian,’ the boy explains. 1991 Times Educ. Suppl. 15 Feb. 6/5 Did you know that Leonardo da Vinci, Madonna, Doris Day and Bernard Weatherill (the Speaker of the House of Commons) are all veggies? 2009 Metro 10 Feb. (London ed.) 16/2 Veggies should try black beans—They are rich with a slightly mushroomy flavour. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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