veggie
UK/'vedʒɪ/US/'vedʒi/
C2
释义
n.
(informal) a vegetable; (informal) a vegetarian
（非正式）蔬菜；素食者
adj.
(informal) vegetarian; made of or for vegetables
（非正式）素食的；蔬菜的
词根拆分
原生英语veg(etable)root
+
-giesuffix
=veggie
vegetable（或 vegetarian）的非正式、亲昵截短，加 -ie 结尾。Eat your veggies（多吃蔬菜）；veggie burger（素汉堡）。见 vegetable。
例句
- 1.
Make sure the kids eat their veggies at dinner.
一定要让孩子们晚饭时把蔬菜吃掉。
- 2.
I'll have a veggie burger, please.
请给我来个素汉堡。