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cabbage

noun
🔊/ˈkæbɪdʒ/
🔊/ˈkæbɪdʒ/
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  1. [uncountable, countable] a round vegetable with large green, purplish-red or white leaves that can be eaten raw or cooked甘蓝；卷心菜；洋白菜
    • Do you like cabbage?你喜欢卷心菜吗？🔊🔊
    • two cabbages两棵洋白菜
    • white/red cabbage白色的／红色的洋白菜
    see also Chinese cabbage, pak choi, skunk cabbageTopics Foodb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • green
    • red
    • white
    • …
    verb + cabbage
    • boil
    • braise
    • cook
    • …
    cabbage + noun
    • leaf
    • patch
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  2. [countable] (British English, offensive) a person who is physically alive but not capable of much mental or physical activity, for example because of an accident or illness 植物人synonym vegetable (2)
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French caboche ‘head’, variant of Old French caboce, of unknown origin.