veg

Compared meaning: a plant grown for food (noun).

比较义项：蔬菜（名词）。

• vegetable

  The standard, neutral word for a plant grown for food; a countable noun (a vegetable, vegetables) suitable for any register, spoken or written.

  标准、中性的“蔬菜”说法，是可数名词（a vegetable，vegetables），无论书面还是口语场合都适用。

  Carrots are my favorite vegetable to eat raw.

  胡萝卜是我最喜欢生吃的蔬菜。

• veg 本词

  An informal, chiefly British shortening of 'vegetables'; used as an uncountable mass noun, often without an article, mainly in casual talk about meals.

  veg 是英式口语中 vegetables 的非正式缩略说法，通常作不可数集合名词使用，常不带冠词，多用于随意谈论一日三餐的场合。

  Remember to eat plenty of veg with every meal.

  记得每餐都要多吃点蔬菜。

Vegetable and veg both mean a plant grown for food, but they differ in register. Vegetable is the standard, neutral, countable word, used in speech and writing. Veg is an informal British short form, used as an uncountable noun, mainly in casual talk about meals.

vegetable 和 veg 在“蔬菜”这一意义上词义相近，但语域不同：veg 是英式口语中 vegetables 的随意缩略说法，常作不可数集合名词使用；vegetable 则是中性、标准的可数名词，书面和口语场合都适用。