Word · Frequency #19263
turnip
芜菁
a plant with a large, fleshy, edible white or yellow root
- 1.
The white root of a yellow-flowered plant, Brassica rapa, grown as a vegetable and as fodder for cattle.
芜菁(Brassica rapa)的白色根,开黄花,作蔬菜和牛饲料用。
- 2.
widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root
广泛栽培的植物,具有大型肉质可食用的白色或黄色根
- 3.
root of any of several members of the mustard family
芥菜科植物的根
芜菁(Brassica rapa)的白色根,开黄花,作蔬菜和牛饲料用。;广泛栽培的植物,具有大型肉质可食用的白色或黄色根;芥菜科植物的根;芜菁甘蓝;[医] 芜菁;萝卜
In use
For dinner, we roasted some turnips with carrots and potatoes.
My grandmother used to grow turnips in her garden.
This soup tastes better with a chopped turnip in it.
a turnip
turnip 是可数名词,表示单个芜菁时用 a/an。
I bought a turnip at the market.
我在市场买了一个芜菁。
turnips
复数形式表示多个芜菁,也可泛指这类蔬菜。
Turnips are a good source of vitamins.
芜菁是维生素的良好来源。
turnip + noun
turnip 可作定语修饰名词,表示‘芜菁的’或‘用芜菁做的’。
She made turnip soup for dinner.
她晚餐做了芜菁汤。
Connections
Collocations
- mashed turnips
- 芜菁泥
- Mashed turnips are a popular side dish in winter.芜菁泥是冬季很受欢迎的配菜。
- roasted turnips
- 烤芜菁
- She tossed the roasted turnips with olive oil and herbs.她用橄榄油和香草拌了烤芜菁。
- turnip greens
- 芜菁叶
- Turnip greens are rich in vitamins.芜菁叶富含维生素。
- turnip soup
- 芜菁汤
- The creamy turnip soup warmed us up on a cold night.那碗浓稠的芜菁汤在寒冷的夜晚让我们暖和起来。
- turnip patch
- 芜菁地
- The rabbits got into the turnip patch again.兔子又钻进了芜菁地。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 turnip 拆成 turn + ip:翻(turn)开泥土,露出白色的芜菁根。
Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:日常饮食、菜市场、烹饪 这是一个普通日常词汇,通常用于指餐桌上或市场里的根茎类蔬菜,多用于口语和一般书面语;正式植物学或医学语境中较少单独使用该词。
Pronunciation & Spelling
turn、turnover 和 turnip 一样以 /tɝn/ 开头,但不与整个词押韵;learn 的 /lɝn/ 也与 /tɝn/ 押韵,同样不押整个 turnip。parsnip、tulip 拼写结尾相似,但发音不同(-nɪp, -lɪp vs -nəp)。turban 只是开头读音相近,注意结尾不同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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