cabbage
cabbage — 名詞
- cabbagesingular
- cabbagesplural
1. a plant with broad layers of pale-green or purple leaves packed tightly into a r
高麗菜；甘藍
一種多層葉片的圓形蔬菜
a plant with broad layers of pale-green or purple leaves packed tightly into a round ball, used in salads, soups, stir-fries, and other cooked dishes
Maeve chopped the green cabbage into thin strips for the coleslaw.
Maeve 將綠色高麗菜切成細絲準備做涼拌高麗絲。
countable as a whole head
Apinya's grandmother fermented cabbage with salt and chili to make kimchi.
Apinya 的祖母用鹽和辣椒醃製高麗菜來製作韓式泡菜。
cabbage + ferment for traditional dishes
There is too much cabbage in this soup; the recipe said half a head.
這鍋湯裡的高麗菜放太多了；食譜只需要半顆。
Minho stuffed the cabbage leaves with rice and minced pork for dinner.
Minho 用高麗菜葉包住米飯和豬絞肉，做成晚餐的菜捲。
The market vendor sold both green cabbage and red cabbage for the same price.
市場的菜販以同樣價格販售青高麗菜和紫高麗菜。
- kale
a close relative of cabbage with curly, darker leaves, usually not forming a tight round head
- Brussels sprout
a small, bud-like vegetable from the same plant family, often eaten whole
用法筆記
Cabbage can be countable (a whole head) or uncountable (the vegetable as a food ingredient): I bought two cabbages but I only used a little cabbage for the salad.
常見錯誤
2. a deeply insulting term for someone whose brain has been so badly damaged by a s
侮辱語
對腦損傷者的侮辱性稱呼
a deeply insulting term for someone whose brain has been so badly damaged by a severe injury or disease that they cannot think, speak, or move on their own — never use this word
Walid heard a teenager yell that horrible cabbage insult at a man on the bus.
Walid 聽到一名青少年在公車上對著一名男子大喊那個侮辱性的詞彙 cabbage。
context showing real-world usage as an insult
The campaign group asked the newspaper never to use cabbage to describe brain-injured patients.
倡導團體要求該報社從此不再使用 cabbage 來描述腦部損傷的患者。
After his crash, a neighbour cruelly called Sivan's uncle a cabbage.
Sivan 的叔叔發生車禍後，鄰居竟殘忍地稱他為 cabbage。
The doctors were shocked when a visitor called the patient in room three a cabbage.
一名訪客稱三號病房的病人為 cabbage，醫護人員都很震驚。
用法筆記
⚠️ EXTREMELY OFFENSIVE — Never use this sense. It is a cruel dehumanising slur against people with severe brain injuries or disabilities. The medical term is 'person in a persistent vegetative state' or simply 'person with a severe brain injury.' Using 'cabbage' for a person is deeply insulting and widely condemned by disability advocacy groups.
常見錯誤
3. an informal old-fashioned word for money, especially cash that you have in your
錢；鈔票
英式俚語，指金錢
an informal old-fashioned word for money, especially cash that you have in your pocket or wallet
Joaquín had saved enough cabbage over the summer to buy a second-hand scooter.
Joaquín 整個夏天存夠了 cabbage，買了一輛二手摩托車。
saved + cabbage = accumulated cash over time
Eli asked his brother for some cabbage to pay for the cinema tickets.
Eli 向他哥哥要一些 cabbage 來買電影票。
The old man pulled a wad of cabbage from his pocket and paid in cash.
那位老先生從外套口袋掏出一厚疊 cabbage，用現金付款。
Lauren needs more cabbage if she wants to rent a flat in the city centre.
Lauren 若想在市中心租一間公寓，她需要更多 cabbage。
用法筆記
This sense is dated and largely confined to British slang from the early-to-mid 20th century. Modern younger speakers rarely use it. Compare with 'dough,' 'bread,' or 'loot' for other informal money terms.
cabbage — 動詞
- cabbagepresent simple I / you / we / they
- cabbages3rd person singular
- cabbaging-ing form
- cabbagedpast simple
1. to secretly take something that does not belong to you, usually something small
偷；順手牽羊
英式俚語，指偷偷拿走小物品
to secretly take something that does not belong to you, usually something small or of moderate value, in a sneaky or dishonest way
Élise noticed someone had cabbaged her umbrella from the stand by the door.
Élise 發現有人把她放在門邊傘架的雨傘 cabbaged 走了。
cabbage + object as a transitive verb
The cashier caught a customer trying to cabbage a pack of batteries from the shelf.
收銀員抓到一名顧客試圖從貨架上 cabbage 一組電池。
Nkechi's little brother cabbaged three biscuits from the jar when no one was looking.
Nkechi 的弟弟趁沒人注意時從餅乾罐裡 cabbaged 了三塊餅乾。
Someone cabbaged my laptop charger during the lunch break at the library.
有人在圖書館午休時間把我筆電的充電器 cabbaged 走了。
文法句型
cabbage + object
用法筆記
This is an old-fashioned British slang term, not common in modern American English. It suggests a small, sneaky theft rather than a serious crime. The noun form 'cabbage' meaning 'money' and the verb form may be historically connected — tailors in the 18th–19th centuries kept leftover fabric (called 'cabbage') as a perquisite, which evolved into the idea of taking something dishonestly.