vegetate
vegetate
verb
[no obj.]
verb
[no obj.]
- live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way
无所事事地过活；过单调生活
if she left him there alone, he'd sit in front of the television set and vegetate.
如果她留下他一个人，他就会只看电视，无所事事。 - (dated)(of a plant or seed) grow; sprout
(旧)（植物，种子）生长；发芽
■[with obj.]cause plants to grow in or cover (a place)
使植物定植于；使布满植物
- early 17th cent.: from Latin vegetat- 'enlivened', from the verb vegetare, from vegetus 'active', from vegere 'be active'
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