vegetable

noun

/ˈvedʒtəbl/

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(also informal, especially in North American English veggie)
a plant or part of a plant that is eaten as food. Potatoes, beans and onions are all vegetables.
- The children don't eat enough fresh vegetables.
- root vegetables (= for example carrots)
- a vegetable garden
- We grow our own vegetables.
- a salad of raw vegetables
- organic vegetables
- a vegetable patch/plot
- vegetable soup
- vegetable matter (= plants in general)
compare animal, fruit, mineral see also green vegetable, textured vegetable proteinTopics Fooda1, Farminga1
(offensive) a person who is physically alive but not capable of much mental or physical activity, for example because of an accident or illness
- Severe brain damage turned him into a vegetable.
a person who has a boring life
- Since losing my job I've been a vegetable.

Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘growing as a plant’): from Old French, or from late Latin vegetabilis ‘animating’, from Latin vegetare, from vegetus ‘active’, from vegere ‘be active’. The current sense dates from the late 16th cent.

单词	vegetable
释义	vegetable noun /ˈvedʒtəbl/ /ˈvedʒtəbl/ jump to other results enlarge image (also informal, especially in North American English veggie) a plant or part of a plant that is eaten as food. Potatoes, beans and onions are all vegetables. The children don't eat enough fresh vegetables. root vegetables (= for example carrots) a vegetable garden We grow our own vegetables. a salad of raw vegetables organic vegetables a vegetable patch/plot vegetable soup vegetable matter (= plants in general) compare animal, fruit, mineral see also green vegetable, textured vegetable proteinTopics Fooda1, Farminga1 (offensive) a person who is physically alive but not capable of much mental or physical activity, for example because of an accident or illness Severe brain damage turned him into a vegetable. a person who has a boring life Since losing my job I've been a vegetable. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘growing as a plant’): from Old French, or from late Latin vegetabilis ‘animating’, from Latin vegetare, from vegetus ‘active’, from vegere ‘be active’. The current sense dates from the late 16th cent.
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