单词 | celery |
释义 | celery (once / 2011 pages) n Celery is a very crunchy, succulent vegetable that grows in stalks. You can cook celery, often with more flavorful vegetables, or eat it raw. Celery is a very mild-flavored vegetable that adds crunch to a salad or a subtle taste to sauteed onions and garlic. Your grandmother might love to serve "ants on a log," or peanut butter in the hollow of a celery stalk, with raisins as the "ants." Depending on your feelings about celery, you might feel slightly less enthusiastic. WORD FAMILYcelery USAGE EXAMPLESAdd the onion, carrots, celery, garlic and thyme and season with ½ teaspoon salt and several grinds of pepper, or to taste. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) Rarities like grapes, celery, ginger and an array of spices competed for shoppers’ attentions. New York Times(Dec 08, 2016) Cook for a few minutes, so the rice is well coated and some grains begin to turn opaque, then stir in the broth and celery. Washington Post(Dec 06, 2016) 1n widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cooked Syn|Hyper Apium graveolens dulce, cultivated celery herb, herbaceous plant a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests 2n stalks eaten raw or cooked or used as seasoning Hypo|Hyper Paschal celery, pascal celery any of several types of commercially grown celery having green stalks veg, vegetable, veggie edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant |
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