veg·e·tate /ˈvɛʤəˌtet/
(v.)長大;茫然地過日子
Veg·e·tate v. i. [imp. & p. p. Vegetated p. pr. & vb. n. Vegetating.]
1. To grow, as plants, by nutriment imbibed by means of roots and leaves; to start into growth; to sprout; to germinate.
See dying vegetables life sustain,
See life dissolving vegetate again. --Pope.
2. Fig.: To lead a life too low for an animate creature; to do nothing but eat and grow.
Persons who . . . would have vegetated stupidly in the places where fortune had fixed them. --Jeffrey.
3. Med. To grow exuberantly; to produce fleshy or warty outgrowths; as, a vegetating papule.
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vegetate
v 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" [syn: vege out]