Vegetate



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.像植物般生活; 无所事事
• ［英］ v.像植物般生活;无所事事 ( to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind)
• ［记］ veget ( 植物) +ate -> 像植物一样 -> 过呆板的生活;
• ［同］ 参考: vegetable ( 蔬菜)

Webster Collegiate

verb (-tated; -tating)

• Etymology: Medieval Latin vegetatus, past participle of vegetare to grow
• Date: 1605
• intransitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to grow in the manner of a plant; also to grow exuberantly or with proliferation of fleshy or warty outgrowths
    • b. to produce vegetation
  • 2. to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind
• transitive verb
  • to establish vegetation in or on

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