vegetate

动词 vegetate:

1. lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind
2. establish vegetation on
3. produce vegetation
4. grow like a plant
5. grow or spread abnormally
6. propagate asexually
7. engage in passive relaxation
   同义词：vege out

veg.e.tate

v.intr.（不及物动词）
veg.e.tat.ed,veg.e.tat.ing,veg.e.tates
To grow or sprout as a plant does.
象植物那样生长或发育
Pathology To grow in size or spread abnormally.
【病理学】 生长，长大：在大小或扩展方面不正常的增长
To exist in a state of physical or mental inactivity or insensibility.
过呆板单调的生活：以一种身体或精神不活跃或无感觉的状态存在

来源：
Latin veget3re veget3t- [to enliven] * see vegetable
拉丁语 veget3re veget3t- [使有活力] *参见 vegetable