a small round green seed, eaten as a vegetable. Several peas grow together inside a long thin pod on a climbing plant also called a pea. 豌豆;豌豆粒 frozen peas 冷冻豌豆 pea soup 豌豆汤
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- canned
- dried
- fresh
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- eat
- have
- shell
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- soup
- pod
- shoot
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Word Originmid 17th cent.: back-formation from pease (interpreted as plural).