rutabaga

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈɹutəˌbeɪɡə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The swede, or Swedish turnip; the European plant Brassica napus var. napobrassica Canada,US,uncountable,usually
    — They were both too hungry to wait for the yams and rutabagas to bake, so tonight they would have the frozen White Castle minicheeseburgers that Mr. Van Buren had won a year's supply of just before he passed away.
  2. The edible root of this plant Canada,US,uncountable,usually
    — Sometimes your royal dogs tear down our thatch, And then we seek the shelter of a ditch; Hog-wash or grains, or ruta-baga, none Has yet been ours since your reign begun.

词形变化

rutabagas plural ruta-baga alternative

词汇关系

近义词
swede Swedish turnip

词源

First attested in 1799, borrowed from Swedish rotabagge, a dialectal word from Västergötland, from rot (“root”) + bagge (“lump, bunch”).
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