因为吃货英语系列大受粉丝欢迎,这次我们又给大家带来了蔬菜的各种英文说法。学了这么多年英语的我们,在吃饭的时候万一被小萝莉/长辈/外国客户问住,想想就觉得好尴尬呀!
Common vegetables
常见蔬菜大白菜/白菜Chinese cabbage /Bok choy (粤语“白菜”的音译)/Chinese white cabbage
红薯sweet potato
上海青Shanghai bok choy
菜心Choy sum (粤语音译)
包菜cabbage
菠菜spinach
黄瓜/小黄瓜cucumber / gherkin
苦瓜bitter gourd / bitter melon
茄子eggplant
豆芽bean sprout
芹菜celery
花菜cauliflower
西兰花broccoli
红萝卜/白萝卜carrot/white radish
竹笋bamboo shoot
莲藕lotus root
ONE PIC看懂所有蔬菜
How do you count vegetables?
蔬菜的单位A bunch of spinach
一把菠菜A head of lettuce
一颗莴苣A bag/box/basket of peas / carrots
一袋/盒/篮的豌豆/胡萝卜
A pound of tomatoes / mushrooms
一磅西红柿/蘑菇Idioms about vegetables
蔬菜有关的习语To be full of beans精力充沛
My little sister is alwaysfull of beans;
she plays for hours without getting tired or bored.
我小妹每天都精力充沛,玩了几个小时都不累也不觉得无聊。
as cool as a cucumber
非常淡定She was really nervous but she acted as cool as a cucumber.
她心里其实很紧张,只是表现得很淡定。
A couch potato
懒且爱葛优躺的人Please don't lie around like a couch potato.
Get up and do something productive.
别像成天躺着看电视了,起来做点有意义的事儿。
Small potatoes
微不足道的人/事My apartment was stolen! Most of it was small potatoes and didn’t cost a lot of money, but my laptop was very expensive!
我的公寓被偷了!大部分都是不值钱的小件,但是我的平板可是很贵呀!
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