a plant with large green leaves that are eaten raw, especially in salad. There are many types of lettuce. 莴苣;生菜 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- crisp
- crunchy
- limp
- …
- head
- wash
- grow
- pick
- …
- leaf
- on a bed of lettuce
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French letues, laitues, plural of laitue, from Latin lactuca, from lac, lact- ‘milk’ (because of its milky juice).