单词 | white cabbage |
释义 | > as lemmaswhite cabbage white cabbage n. (a) a common cultivar of the cabbage Brassica oleracea, with a firm, very pale green head of leaves, commonly used as a vegetable, in salads, and for pickling; (b) the Chinese cabbage, a cultivar of the turnip, Brassica rapa. [With sense (b) compare Chinese (Mandarin)báicài , (Cantonese) baahk choi , lit. ‘white vegetable’ (see pe-tsai n. and bok choy n.).] ΚΠ 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball v. vi. 553 Some kindes, especially the white Cabbage Cole [Fr. le Chou cabu blanc, Du. die witte sluytkoolen], or lefed Colewurtes, is also sowen in August, and planted againe in Nouember. 1605 J. Mosan tr. C. Wirsung Gen. Pract. Physick 3rd Index sig. Hhh7/1 Brassica, Cabbage or Colewoort. Brassica alba, White Cabbage [Ger. Weißkoele]. 1766 Ann. Reg. 8 148/2 There are four species that may be cultivated to great advantage for cattle; to wit, the white cabbage, the hardy curled Savoy cabbage, the turnip cabbage, and the green curled cabbage. 1824 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening (ed. 2) 684 The White cabbage of China (Brassica, sp.?), used both as a pot-herb and a salad... and the wild cabbage of America..might be grown for similar purposes in this country. 1991 Amer. Horticulturist Nov. 15/1 Pak choi (B. rapa var. chinesis ), a white cabbage also tolerates temperatures well below freezing. 2001 J. McGowan Echoes Savage Land (2006) ii. 48 The narrative goes on to describe the food, ‘mighty slices of bacon or roast beef reposing on beds of white cabbage’. < as lemmas |
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