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lettuce

noun
🔊/ˈletɪs/
🔊/ˈletɪs/
 [uncountable, countable]
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  1. a plant with large green leaves that are eaten raw, especially in salad. There are many types of lettuce莴苣；生菜
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    • a bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich咸肉、生菜加番茄三明治
    • Buy a lettuce and some tomatoes.买一棵生菜和一些番茄。🔊🔊
    • You need one whole head of lettuce for this salad.做这道色拉你需要一整棵生菜。
    see also cos lettuce, iceberg lettuce, lamb’s lettuceTopics Foodb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • crisp
    • crunchy
    • limp
    • …
    … of lettuce
    • head
    verb + lettuce
    • wash
    • grow
    • pick
    • …
    lettuce + noun
    • leaf
    phrases
    • on a bed of lettuce
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    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French letues, laitues, plural of laitue, from Latin lactuca, from lac, lact- ‘milk’ (because of its milky juice).