“cabbage”在英语中的释义

noun

1. An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.

2. (uncountable, vegetable) The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable.

   • Cabbage is good for you.

3. (countable, offensive) A person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage.

   • After the car crash, he became a cabbage.

4. Used as a term of endearment.

5. (uncountable, slang) Money.

6. (uncountable, slang) Marijuana leaf, the part that is not smoked but from which cannabutter can be extracted.

7. A terminal bud of certain palm trees, used for food.

8. A cabbage palmetto (Sabal palmetto), a palm of the southeastern US coasts and nearby islands.

9. (slang, African-American Vernacular) A human head.

verb

1. (intransitive) To form a head like that of the cabbage.

   • to make lettuce cabbage

2. (intransitive, slang) To do nothing; to idle; veg out.

3. (slang, African-American Vernacular) To be killed or murdered, such as by being shot in the head.

noun

1. (slang) Scraps of cloth which are left after a garment has been cut out, which tailors traditionally kept.

verb

1. (transitive) To embezzle or purloin; to pilfer, to steal.