cabbage

名词 cabbage:

1. any of various types of cabbage
   同义词：chou
2. informal terms for money
   同义词：boodle, bread, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum
3. any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers
   同义词：cultivated cabbage, Brassica oleracea

动词 cabbage:

1. make off with belongings of others
   同义词：pilfer, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift

1. The cabbage germinated within a week.
   白菜一星期内就发芽了。
2. He is busy pricking out some cabbage seedlings.
   他正忙于移植一些卷心菜秧。
3. Best buy of the week are carrot and cabbage, which are plentiful and cheap.
   本星期买胡萝卜和洋白菜最合算，因货源充足，价格低廉。
4. My mother was a lady, but just the same she ate boiled cabbage with a knife.
   我母亲是个淑女，可她还是用餐刀吃煮过的卷心菜。
5. I like to cook dishes with cabbage.
   我喜欢用洋白菜做菜。

cab.bage

n.（名词）
Any of several forms of a European vegetable(Brassica oleracea var. capitata) of the mustard family, having a globose head consisting of a short stem and tightly overlapping green to purplish leaves.
卷心菜，甘蓝菜：欧洲几种十字花科蔬菜之一（芸苔属甘蓝 变种 卷心菜） ，其头部呈球形，由短茎和紧密层叠的绿色到略带紫色的叶子组成
Any of several similar or related plants, such as Chinese cabbage.
卷心菜：任一种相似的或相关的植物，如中国卷心菜
The terminal bud of several species of palm, eaten as a vegetable.
卷心芽：几种棕榈的顶端的芽，可作蔬菜食用
Slang Money, especially in the form of bills.
【俚语】 纸币，纸钞：钱，尤指纸币
Informal Sweetheart; dear. Used as a term of endearment.
【非正式用语】 甜心；爱人。该词用于表示爱意

来源：
Middle English caboche
中古英语 caboche
from Old North French [head]
源自 古法国北方方言 [头部]
possibly from alteration of Latin caput * see capital
可能为 拉丁语 caput的变化 *参见 capital

【引伸】
cab.bagy
adj.（形容词）