legume

IPA/ˈleɡjuːm/
KK[lˈɛɡjˌum]IPA/ˈleɡjuːm/

legume — 名詞

  • legumesingular
  • legumesplural

1. a kind of plant whose seeds grow inside long cases called pods — for example, pe

1.名詞C1
釋義

豆科植物

種子長在豆莢裡的植物總稱

a kind of plant whose seeds grow inside long cases called pods — for example, peas, beans, lentils, and clover all belong to this group.

例句

Quan's grandmother grows several legumes in her vegetable garden every spring.

Quan 的奶奶每年春天都會在菜園裡種好幾種豆科植物。

countable: a legume / legumes (the plant)

Farmers often plant a legume after wheat because it puts nitrogen back into the soil.

農夫常在小麥之後種豆科植物，因為它能把氮素還回土壤裡。

typical agricultural context: rotating a legume with cereal crops

常見搭配
  • plant a legume
  • grow legumes
  • rotate legumes with cereals
同義詞
  • pulse crop

    narrower — refers mainly to legumes grown for dried seeds (beans, lentils, chickpeas)

  • leguminous plant

    formal/scientific term, common in textbooks

用法筆記

Distinguish from sense 2: this sense names the living plant, while sense 2 names the pod or seed people eat. A sentence about growing, planting, or rotating crops takes sense 1; a sentence about cooking, eating, or buying dried beans takes sense 2.

常見錯誤

I bought a bag of legumes at the farm to plant in my garden.
I bought a bag of legume seeds at the farm to plant in my garden.
sense 1 is the whole growing plant, not the seed you sow.

2. the pod, or the dry seed inside the pod, of a plant such as a bean, pea, or lent

2.名詞C1
釋義

豆類；豆莢

可食用的豆莢或乾豆種子

the pod, or the dry seed inside the pod, of a plant such as a bean, pea, or lentil — usually cooked and eaten as food.

例句

Esme adds legumes such as lentils and chickpeas to almost every soup she makes.

Esme 幾乎在每一鍋湯裡都加入扁豆、鷹嘴豆等豆類。

typical food register: legumes as a healthy ingredient

Doctors often tell patients to eat more legumes instead of red meat.

醫生常建議病人多吃豆類，少吃紅肉。

collocation: eat / eating more legumes (health advice context)

常見搭配
  • eat legumes
  • cook legumes
  • soak dried legumes
同義詞
  • pulse

    British/agricultural term, refers specifically to the dried edible seed (lentils, dry peas, beans)

  • bean

    common everyday word; covers many but not all legumes

用法筆記

Subject is usually a person preparing or eating food, or the noun appears as the object of verbs like eat, cook, soak, or boil. Distinguish from sense 1 (the living plant): if you can substitute 'beans and lentils' naturally, you are in sense 2.

常見錯誤

She watered the legumes in the kitchen.
She watered the legume plants in the kitchen.
once the seeds are picked or dried, you no longer water them; use 'legume plants' for sense 1.

同根字

  • leguminous
    形容詞C2

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • legume seed
  • legume crop
  • legume plant

常用片語

  • a member of the legume family
  • rich in legumes

介系詞搭配

  • of the legume family
  • in the legume group