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turnip

/tur-nip/US // ˈtɜr nɪp //UK // (ˈtɜːnɪp) //

萝卜,萝卜丝,箐箐,芜菁

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the thick, fleshy, edible root of either of two plants of the mustard family, the white-fleshed Brassica rapa rapifera or the yellow-fleshed rutabaga.
    • : the plant itself.
    • : the root of this plant used as a vegetable.

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Examples

  • It’s part of a well-known mini-game within Animal Crossing called the Stalk Market that involves buying and selling turnips.

  • During the promotion, players will be able to collect 1,000 bells for each turnip.

  • Reviews seemed to range a short spectrum between turnip (a dud, in the French parlance) and not-a-complete-turnip.

  • On dessert menu at one new hotel, a “Mondae”—frozen lard covered in borsch with a turnip on top.

  • Down there in the turnip greene and the tears, hope remained alive.

  • When he ascended the throne, his friend presented him a turnip of extraordinary size.

  • In roots and tubers the variations are less, and all, except the potato and the turnip, contain about seven per cent of ash.

  • Perhaps I had better tell you once and for all that I refuse to go into the turnip and vegetable narrow business.

  • Cato pronounced the cabbage the finest vegetable known, and the turnip figures in the well-known anecdote of Manius Curius .

  • Cut out some balls of turnip in the same manner, and boil for fifteen minutes.