中学英语蔬菜词汇汇总（那些与蔬菜相关的有趣习语）
vegetable蔬菜
salad蔬菜色拉
tomato 西红柿
potato土豆，马铃薯
cabbage 圆白菜,卷心菜
spinach 菠菜
celery 芹菜
cauliflower 菜花
lettuce 生菜/莴笋
greens 青菜
turnip 白萝卜
carrot 胡萝卜
cucumber 黄瓜
pumpkin 南瓜
pea 豌豆
soy 大豆
bean豆
soybean 黄豆
kidney bean 芸豆
garlic 蒜
onion 洋葱
sweet pepper 甜椒
hot pepper 辣椒
green pepper 青椒
yam 山药
ginger 姜
asparagus 芦笋
bamboo shoots 笋
mushroom 蘑菇
eggplant 茄子
corn 玉米
couch potato
电视迷，懒鬼
相信大家都听说过，指那些成天躺在沙发上或坐在沙发上看电视的人。
You are such a couch potato on weekends.
你周末怎么什么也不干。
You couch potato! Get up and exercise a little during commercials.
你个电视迷！在插播广告时起来活动一下。
hot potato
烫手山芋，棘手的问题
如果以为它是“热的土豆”呢，那你还是望文生义了哦。
“hot potato”通常指一些棘手的、难以处理的问题，和“烫手山芋”可谓有异曲同工之妙。
You should adopt another way to deal with this hot potato.
你应该用另一种方法来对付这个烫手山芋。
drop (someone or something) like a hot potato
放弃像个烫手山芋的人或事
He dropped the plan like a hot potato when he realized how much it would cost him.
当他意识到这个计划要花掉他多少钱时，他像扔烫手山芋一样放弃了它。
small potatoes
微不足道的人;微不足道的人或物 小人物;
I was working for small potatoes until I went into business for myself.
我一直是个小职员，直到我开始自己做生意。
My restaurant is just small potatoes, but it gives me a steady income.
我的餐馆只是个小馆子，但它给了我稳定的收入。
full of beans
充满活力的，生机勃勃的
在以前，豆子可是最贵的马粮，因为它们能给马提供很大的能量储备。
所以"full of beans"就引申为“精力十足”的意思。
He is still young and spiritually full of beans.
他还很年轻，思想活跃。
He seems to be full of beans this morning.
他今天早上似乎精神奕奕。
not know beans
一无所知，毫无概念
Don"t ask me! I don"t know beans about car engines.
别问我！我对汽车发动机一无所知。
spill the beans
泄露秘密
不要望文生义，以为是把豆子撒了的意思，它表示不小心说了不该说的话。
Come on, spill the beans.
快点，把你知道的都说出来。
It is very important for me. So you can"t spill the beans.
这对我很重要。所以你千万不要让别人知道。
pea-brained
笨脑子的
He"s just a pea-brained jerk who puts other people down to make himself feel smart.
他只是个头脑简单的混蛋，贬低别人以显得自己聪明。
like two peas in a pod
一模一样，腻在一起
The twins are like two peas in a pod.
这对双胞胎总是形影不离。
cool as a cucumber
淡定，沉着，泰然自若
夏天吃拍黄瓜，冰箱里拿出了，拌好料入口又脆又爽。
但cool as a cucumber可不是和黄瓜一样冰爽。
She looks efficient and as cool as a cucumber.
她看起来沉着干练。
Jeremy looks as cool as a cucumber on any occasion.
杰里米在任何场合都显得泰然自若。
carrot and stick
软硬兼施的；胡萝卜加大棒
Sometimes I just have to resort to the carrot and stick approach with my children.
有时我只能对我的孩子采取胡萝卜加大棒的方式。
in a pickle
困境，混乱，逆境
We"re in a pretty pickle now because the hotel gave our room away.
我们现在处境困难，因为旅馆把我们的房间给了别人。
salad days
少不更事的青涩时代；青葱岁月
来自莎士比亚的《安东尼和克利奥帕特拉》
Back in our salad days we went anywhere at night, never thinking about whether it was safe or not.
在少不更事的时代，我们晚上到处溜达，从不考虑是否安全。
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