a vegetable of the onion family with a very strong taste and smell, used in cooking to add taste to food 蒜;大蒜 a clove of garlic (= one section of it) 一瓣蒜 Fry the chopped onion and crushed garlic for 3 minutes. 将葱花和碎蒜炒3分钟。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fresh
- raw
- wild
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- clove
- peel
- chop
- crush
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- bulb
- clove
- bread
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Word OriginOld English gārlēac, from gār ‘spear’ (because the shape of a clove resembles the head of a spear) + lēac ‘leek’.