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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2818 COCA: 1934

vegetable

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Related topics: Food, Plants, Gardening, Crops
ldoce_807_pvege·ta·ble1 /ˈvedʒtəbəl/ ●●● S3 W3 noun [countableC]
1  DFHBPa plant that is eaten raw or cooked, such as a cabbage, a carrot, or peas 蔬菜
fresh fruit and vegetables
新鮮果蔬
organic methods of growing vegetables
蔬菜的有機種植方法
vegetable soup
蔬菜湯
a neat vegetable garden
整潔的菜園
Vitamin A is found in liver and green vegetables.
動物肝髒和綠色蔬菜中含有維生素A。
salad vegetables (=vegetables such as lettuce or tomatoes eaten raw) 做色拉的蔬菜
5 GRAMMAR 語法
Vegetable is a countable noun, not an uncountable noun. vegetable是可數名詞， 而非不可數名詞
They grew their own vegetables (NOT 不說 their own vegetable).
他們自己種菜 。
n GRAMMAR: Countable or uncountable?
Vegetable is used as a countable noun:
Her son doesn’t like eating vegetables.
✗Don’t say: Her son doesn’t like eating vegetable.
Vegetable is used before nouns, for example vegetable soup, vegetable oil. ✗Don’t say: vegetables soup
→5  See picture of broccoli 西藍花, cabbage 卷心菜, cauliflower 花椰菜 ... →4  See picture of 見圖 vegetable
2. not polite an offensive word for someone who is alive but who cannot talk or move because their brain is damaged 植物人
n 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.
verbs
grow vegetables
If we had a garden, we could grow our own vegetables.
Examples from the Corpus
green vegetables• Make sure to eat plenty of green vegetables.
vegetable2 adjectiveadj [only before noun]
formal relating to plants in general, rather than animals or things that are not living 植物的 → mineral
decomposing vegetable matter
分解植物質
Origin vegetable
(1300-1400) Medieval Latin vegetabilis “growing”, from vegetare “to grow”, from Latin vegere “to cause to act, excite”

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