a vegetable with long light-green stems that are often eaten raw 芹菜 - (British English)
a stick of celery 一根芹菜 - (North American English)
a stalk of celery 一根芹菜 Chop the celery and add it to the salad. 把芹菜切碎放到色拉里。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary… of celery- stalk
- stick
- cook
- prepare
- chop
- …
- leaf
- salt
- stalk
- …
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French céleri, from Italian dialect selleri, based on Greek selinon ‘parsley’.- (British English)