vegetable

詳細解釋：

veg.e.ta.ble

n.Abbr. veg.（名詞）縮寫 veg.

A plant cultivated for an edible part, such as the root of the beet, the leaf of spinach, or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower.
蔬菜：因其可食部分而種植的植物，如甜菜根、菠菜葉或者椰菜、花椰菜的花蕾等
The edible part of such a plant.
這種蔬菜的可食部分
A member of the vegetable kingdom; a plant.
一種蔬菜：蔬菜王國的一員；植物
A person who is regarded as dull, passive, or unresponsive.
生活呆板、懶散的人：一個愚笨的、木納的和無反應的人
adj.（形容詞）
Of, relating to, or derived from plants or a plant.
植物的：屬於、關於或源於植物的
Suggestive of or resembling a plant.
似植物的：使人聯想或象植物的
Growing or multiplying like plants.
繁衍的，廣泛生長的：象植物那樣生長或繁殖的

來源：
From Middle English [living and growing as plants do]
源自 中古英文 [象植物那樣生活和生長的]
from Old French
源自 古法文
from Medieval Latin veget3bilis
源自 中世紀拉丁語 veget3bilis
from Late Latin [enlivening]
源自 後期拉丁語 [有生氣的]
from Latin veget3re [to enliven]
源自 拉丁語 veget3re [使有生氣]
from vegetus [lively]
源自 vegetus [生動活潑的]
from vegôre [to enliven] * see weg-
源自 vegôre [使有生氣] *參見 weg-

<注釋>When the speaker in Andrew Marvell`s .To his Coy Mistress. tells his mistressthat .Had we but world enough, and time . . . /My vegetable love should grow/Vaster than empires and more slow,. he .makes one think of pumpkins and eternity in one breath,.as one critic has playfully suggested.However,vegetable in this case is used figuratively in the sense, .having the property of life and growth, as does a plant..This use is based on the ancient religious and philosophical notion of the tripartite soul as interpreted by the Scholastics:thevegetative soul common to plants, animals, and humans; thesensitive soul common to animals and humans; and therational soul, found only in humans. . Vegetable love. in Marvell`s poem is thus a love that grows, takes nourishment, and reproduces,although it grows slowly.Marvell`s use illustrates the original sense ofvegetable, first recorded in the 5th century.In a work published in 582 we find recorded for the first time the adjective use ofvegetable familiar to us, .having to do with plants.. In a work of the same date appears the first instance ofvegetable as a noun, meaning .a plant.. It is not until the 8th century that we find the noun and adjective used in the more restricted way associated with the injunction .Eat your vegetables..
當安德魯·馬韋爾的.致他的羞澀情人.一詩中的說話者告訴他的情人 .如果我們有足夠的世界和時間…/我的植物一樣的愛會生長得/比帝國更廣大、更慢.時，他.使人想起了南瓜以及一息之間的永恆，.某個批評家開玩笑似地說。然而，在這個情況下vegetable 是被用於比喻意義上的， 意思是.象植物一樣具有生命和生長的性質.。這一用法是基於由經院哲學家所釋的三重靈魂的古代宗教和哲學觀念之上的：vegetative 的靈魂為植物、動物和人類共有； sensitive 的靈魂為動物和人類共有； 而rational 的靈魂卻只存在於人類中。 因此馬韋爾詩中的.植物的愛.是一種生長的、吸取營養並繁殖的愛，但是它長得很慢。馬韋爾的這一用法指示了vegetable 的原先的含義， 最早記錄於5世紀。在一部出版於582年的作品中，我們第一次找到了已為我們熟悉的vegetable 一詞的形容詞用法的記錄，意思是.與植物有關的.。 在同一時期的另一部作品中，出現了vegetable 作為名詞用的第一個例子，意思是.植物.。 直到8世紀，我們才發現該名詞和形容詞被用於與.吃你的蔬菜.這一命令相關的更受限制的方式中