bean 1 S2 / bin / 名词 [可数名词]

1 a seed or a pod (= case containing seeds ) , that comes from a climbing plant and is cooked as food. There are very many types of beans. :

baked beans

Soak the beans overnight.

kidney beans

green beans

2 a plant that produces beans

3 a seed used in making some types of food or drinks :

coffee beans

cocoa beans

4 be full of beans informal to be very eager and full of energy :

She’s full of beans this morning.

5 not have a bean British English informal to have no money at all

6 not know/care beans (about somebody/something) American English informal to not know anything or care at all about someone or something

→ spill the beans at spill 1 ( 3 ) , → not amount to a hill of beans at hill ( 5 ) , → jelly bean