搜尋結果
vegetate
- IPA[ˈvejəˌtāt]
美式
- live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way;(of a plant or seed) grow; sprout
verb: vegetate, 3rd person present: vegetates, gerund or present participle: vegetating, past tense: vegetated, past participle: vegetated
- 釋義
- 相關詞
動詞
- 1. live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way if she left him there alone, he'd sit in front of the television set and vegetate
- 2. dated (of a plant or seed) grow; sprout he advised that seeds be sent in a vegetating condition
- ▪ cause plants to grow in or cover (a place) the final task was to vegetate the area used to store the muck dredged from the pond
- 3. (of an abnormal growth) increase in size.
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- IPA[ˈvɛdʒɪteɪt]
英式
- live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way: if she left him alone, he'd sit in front of the television and vegetate
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