英语词汇“vegetablize”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

vegetablize

/ˈvɛdʒ(ɪ)təb(ə)lʌɪz/

(also vegetableize, vegetabilize)

verb

1 [with object] To convert into, or cause to resemble, a vegetable substance; to make or render vegetable.

2 [no object] To lose interest in or capacity for intellectual or social activity. rare.

3 [with object] To render (a person) docile or passive by impairing his or her intellectual function, usually as a means of treating violent behaviour, drug addiction, etc. Also in extended use. Now rare.

Origin

Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Encyclopaedia Metropolitana. From vegetable + -ize.

单词	vegetablize
释义	vegetablize /ˈvɛdʒ(ɪ)təb(ə)lʌɪz/ (also vegetableize, vegetabilize) verb 1 [with object] To convert into, or cause to resemble, a vegetable substance; to make or render vegetable. 2 [no object] To lose interest in or capacity for intellectual or social activity. rare. 3 [with object] To render (a person) docile or passive by impairing his or her intellectual function, usually as a means of treating violent behaviour, drug addiction, etc. Also in extended use. Now rare. Origin Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Encyclopaedia Metropolitana. From vegetable + -ize.
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