vegetate

英 ['vedʒəteɪt] 美 ['vedʒəteɪt]

• v. 生长；无所事事；使像植物般生长

英英释义

Verb:

1. lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind

2. establish vegetation on;

   "They vegetated the hills behind their house"
   

3. produce vegetation;

   "The fields vegetate vigorously"
   

4. grow like a plant;

   "This fungus usually vegetates vigorously"
   

5. grow or spread abnormally;

   "warts and polyps can vegetate if not removed"
   

6. propagate asexually;

   "The bacterial growth vegetated along"
   

7. engage in passive relaxation;

   "After a hard day's work, I vegetate in front of the television"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. This kind of fruit vegetates in many areas.
   这种水果香甜可口，生长在世界上许多地方。
2. The vegetables in the garden vegetate vigorously.
   园子里的植物在茁壮成长。

经典引文

• Naturalists have observed that ore in swamps..vegetates and increases.

  出自： J. Morse

近反义词

【近义词】

• veg out 放松
• stagnate 停止
• twiddle your thumbs 抚弄大拇指(闲得无聊...
• loaf （一条）面包...
• kill time 消磨时间