beanstalk
beanstalk — noun
- beanstalksingular
- beanstalksplural
1. the tall, thin stalk that grows upward from a bean plant and supports the plant'
the tall, thin stalk that grows upward from a bean plant and supports the plant's leaves and beans
Piotr planted bean seeds in his garden and watched the beanstalks grow taller every morning.
countable noun: beanstalks (plural form)
Lucía tied the broken beanstalk to a bamboo stick so it could grow upward.
The children in Ms. Saira's class grew beanstalks in paper cups on the windowsill.
A tall beanstalk outside the kitchen window had grown almost to the roof.
Ezra picked the dry beans from the beanstalk and put them into a bowl.
- stem
a general term for the main part of any plant that leaves, flowers, or fruit grow from; stem is broader and can refer to many plants, while beanstalk is specific to bean plants
- stalk
similar to stem, but often used for tall, thin, upright parts of plants such as corn or celery; stalk is a close synonym for beanstalk
用法筆記
The word is most familiar from the children's fairy tale 'Jack and the Beanstalk' (傑克與魔豆), where a magic beanstalk grows up into the sky. In everyday use, beanstalk refers to the actual stem of any bean plant.