veg.e.tate
vegetate的音标和读音:
DJ音标发音: [ˈvedʒiˌteit]
KK音标发音: [ˈvɛdʒɪˌtet]
vegetate的词性:
v.intr.(不及物动词)
1. To grow or sprout as a plant does.
象植物那样生长或发育
2. Pathology To grow in size or spread abnormally.
【病理学】 生长,长大:在大小或扩展方面不正常的增长
3. To exist in a state of physical or mental inactivity or insensibility.
过呆板单调的生活:以一种身体或精神不活跃或无感觉的状态存在
vegetate的词源:
4. Latin veget3re veget3t- [to enliven] * see vegetable
拉丁语 veget3re veget3t- [使有活力] *参见 vegetable