vegetate
英 ['vedʒɪteɪt]
美['vɛdʒətet]
- vi. 过单调呆板的生活
英英释意
- 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"