vegetable
n
1 (part of various types of) plant eaten as food, eg potatoes, beans, onions 蔬菜
green vegetables, ie cabbage, lettuce, Brussels sprouts, etc 綠色蔬菜(卷心菜、 萵苣、 湯菜等)
a salad of raw vegetables 生菜色拉
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a vegetable curry, garden, knife 咖喱素菜、 菜園、 蔬菜用刀
vegetable oils, eg in margarine 植物油. Cf 參看 animal, mineral.
2 (fig 比喻)
(a) person who is physically alive but mentally inactive because of injury, illness or abnormality 植物人(因傷、 病或異常情況而喪失思維能力但仍有生命的人)
Severe brain damage turned him into a vegetable. 他因腦部重傷而成了植物人.
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lead a vegetable existence 處於植物人的狀態.
(b) person who has a dull monotonous life 生活單調的人
Stuck at home like this, she felt like a vegetable. 像這樣悶在家里, 她覺得生活太單調.