celery
名词 n.
英 /ˈsɛləɹi/
美 /ˈsɛləɹi/|/ˈsɛlɹi/|/ˈseləɹi/
英文释义
名词 n.
- A European herb (Apium graveolens) of the carrot family.
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The stalks of this herb eaten as a vegetable.
— In eighteenth century France celery soup was a means of whetting the amorous appetite.
- A yellow-green colour, like that of a celery.
词汇关系
词源
From French céleri, from Lombard selleri, a plural of Latin selīnum, from Ancient Greek σέλῑνον (sélīnon). Displaced English march (“celery, smallage”) and smallage (“wild celery”).
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