vege‧ta‧ble 1 S3 W3 / vedʒtəb ə l / 名词 [可数名词]

1 a plant that is eaten raw or cooked, such as a cabbage , a carrot , or pea s :

fresh fruit and vegetables

organic methods of growing vegetables

vegetable soup

a neat vegetable garden

Vitamin A is found in liver and green vegetables .

salad vegetables (= vegetables such as lettuce or tomato es eaten raw )

Grammar

Vegetable is a countable 名词 , not an uncountable 名词 :

They grew their own vegetables (NOT their own vegetable).

2 not polite an offensive word for someone who is alive but who cannot talk or move because their brain is damaged

COLLOCATIONS

ADJECTIVES/NOUN + vegetable

fresh Fresh vegetables taste best immediately after they’ve been picked.

raw Some vegetables are better eaten raw.

organic (= grown without using chemicals ) Most supermarkets sell organic fruit and vegetables.

tinned/canned Do canned vegetables have as many vitamins as fresh ones?

frozen packets of frozen vegetables

green vegetables Eat plenty of green vegetables.

leafy vegetables Leafy vegetables contain iron, which is good for the blood.

root vegetables (= vegetables whose roots you eat, such as carrots ) Excellent soups can be made from root vegetables.

a salad vegetable (= a vegetable that is eaten raw in a salad ) You can buy ready-prepared salad vegetables.

baby vegetables (= vegetables that have not grown to their full size ) Baby vegetables, especially carrots and corn, appeal to youngsters.

vegetable + NOUN

vegetable soup I think I’ll have the vegetable soup.

vegetable stock (= a liquid in which vegetables have been cooked ) Gently cook the mushrooms and onions in the vegetable stock.

vegetable oil She uses vegetable oil instead of lard.

a vegetable garden/patch/plot Anna was digging in the vegetable garden.

动词

grow vegetables If we had a garden, we could grow our own vegetables.