vegetate是什么意思？

vegetate

英[ˈvedʒəteɪt] 美[ˈvɛdʒɪˌtet]

• vi. 过单调呆板的生活，植物似地生长，<医>（瘤、疣等）长大；

第三人称单数：vegetates;

过去式：vegetated;

过去分词：vegetated;

现在分词：vegetating;

例句

• After a hard day's work, I vegetate in front of the television. 经过一整天劳累, 我瘫在电视机前一动不动.
• The vegetables in the garden vegetate vigorously. 园子里的植物在茁壮成长.
• This kind of friut vegetate in many areas. 这种水果香甜可口,生长在世界上许多地方.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  过单调无聊的生活;无所事事地生活
  If someone vegetates, they spend their time doing boring or worthless things.
  例句
  He spends all his free time at home vegetating in front of the TV. 他一有空闲时间就窝在家里看电视。

英汉词典释义

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

英英词典释义

• 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"