vegetable
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/ˈvedʒtəbl/
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/ˈvedʒtəbl/
A plant or part of a plant that people eat as food.
Carrots and broccoli are healthy vegetables to eat.
ニンジンとブロッコリーは健康的な野菜で、食べることができます。
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.
事故の後、彼は植物状態のようになり、常に介護が必要でした。
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.
一日中テレビを見て、手入れする菜園もなく、彼は退屈な人間のように感じました。