n.

1. 蔬菜；青菜[C]
   We grow a lot of different vegetables.

   我们种植多种不同的蔬菜。

   She likes vegetables.

   她喜欢蔬菜。

2. 植物[U]
3. 植物人[C]
   The freshmen always seem like vegetables.

   新生看起来总像植物人。

   Since the car accident, she's just been a vegetable.

   自从那场车祸以来，她一直是个植物人。

   Since she suffered brain damage in the accident she's been a vegetable.

   自从在事故中脑子受损坏后，她成了植物人。

a.

1. 蔬菜的
   The doctor put me on a vegetable diet.

   医生嘱我吃素食。

2. 植物的

n.

1. a plant or part of a plant used as food.
2. informal, derogatory a person who is incapable of normal mental or physical activity, especially through brain damage.
   ▸a person with a dull or inactive life.