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.
胡蘿蔔和花椰菜是健康的蔬菜,可以食用。
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.
事故發生後,他像個植物人一樣,需要持續的照顧。
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.
整天看電視,沒有菜園可打理,他感覺自己像個無聊的人。