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单词 cabbagelike
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
cab•bage1 /ˈkæbɪdʒ/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. Plant Biology[countable] a plant, of the mustard family, having a short stem and leaves that form into a rounded head.
  2. Plant Biology the head or leaves of this plant, eaten cooked or raw:[uncountable]I ate corned beef and cabbage.
  3. Slang Terms[uncountable]money, esp. paper money.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
cab•bage1  (kabij),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologyany of several cultivated varieties of a plant, Brassica oleracea capitata, of the mustard family, having a short stem and leaves formed into a compact, edible head.
  2. Plant Biologythe head or leaves of this plant, eaten cooked or raw.
  3. Slang Termsmoney, esp. paper money.
  4. British Terms[Chiefly Brit. Informal.]
    • a stupid, dull, or spiritless person.
    • a mentally impaired person who is unable to live independently;
      vegetable.
  • dialect, dialectal Old French (Picardy, Normandy) literally, head, noggin, equivalent. to ca- formative in expressive words, of uncertain origin, originally + boche; see boss2, botch2
  • Middle English caboche, caboge, cabage head of cabbage 1350–1400
cabbage•like′, adj. 

cab•bage2  (kabij),USA pronunciation n., v., -baged, -bag•ing. 
n. 
  1. Clothing[Chiefly Brit.]
    • British Termscloth scraps that remain after a garment has been cut from a fabric and that by custom the tailor may claim.
    • British TermsAlso called cab. such scraps used for reprocessing.

v.t., v.i. 
  1. to steal;
    pilfer:He cabbaged whole yards of cloth.
  • earlier carbage shred, piece of cloth, apparently variant of garbage wheat straw chopped small (obsolete sense) 1615–25

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