vegetable
🇺🇸
/ˈvedʒtəbl/
🇬🇧
/ˈvedʒtəbl/
noun
A1
A plant or part of a plant that people eat as food.
Carrots and broccoli are healthy vegetables to eat.
胡萝卜和西兰花是健康的蔬菜，可以食用。
R
A person who is alive but cannot think or move much, often because of sickness or injury.
After the accident, he was like a vegetable and needed constant care.
事故发生后，他像个植物人一样，需要持续的照顾。
R
A person who has a very boring life with little activity.
He felt like a vegetable after watching TV all day with no vegetable garden to tend.
整天看电视，没有菜园可打理，他感觉自己像个无聊的人。
translation
蔬菜, 植物人, 无聊的人
词形变化
Plural
vegetables