cabbage

noun

/ˈkæbɪdʒ/

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[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 Dictionary
adjective
- green
- red
- white
- …
verb + cabbage
- boil
- braise
- cook
- …
cabbage + noun
- leaf
- patch
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[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)

Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French caboche ‘head’, variant of Old French caboce, of unknown origin.