核心畫面
Think of a ball made entirely of leaves: thick layers wrapped tightly one over another, green or purple outside, paler and softer as you cut in. It sits heavy and still in your hand, and you cannot see anything inside it — that closed, silent, unmoving ball is the picture the word carries.
可以想成一顆整個由葉子包成的球：一層一層厚葉緊緊裹在一起，外面綠色或紫色，越往裡面越白越嫩。它拿在手上沉甸甸的，從外…更多收起
可以想成一顆整個由葉子包成的球：一層一層厚葉緊緊裹在一起，外面綠色或紫色，越往裡面越白越嫩。它拿在手上沉甸甸的，從外表完全看不出裡頭有什麼，就那樣安安靜靜、動也不動地待著。這個「閉起來、不動、看不進去」的畫面，正是這個字後來被拿去罵人的地方。原始詞典資料16 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
cabbagenoun詞源 1/ˈkæbɪd͡ʒ/
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An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.
- In aphrodisiac preparation, wild cabbage was frequently an ingredient.
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An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.
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foodlifestylevegetableThe leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable.
- Cabbage is good for you.
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offensiveA person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage.
- After the car crash, he became a cabbage.
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Used as a term of endearment.
- If you deceive me, Yasha, I don't know if my nerves could stand it. YASHA (kissing her) My little cabbage! Of course, a girl must know her place.
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slangMoney.
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slangMarijuana leaf, the part that is not smoked but from which cannabutter can be extracted.
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A terminal bud of certain palm trees, used for food.
另外 3 個記錄的用法
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A cabbage palmetto (Sabal palmetto), a palm of the southeastern US coasts and nearby islands.
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slangA human head.
- American made choppas / You beefin', we split ya cabbage
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slanggolfhobbieslifestyleSynonym of spinach (“thick rough”).
- That shot left me in the cabbage!
cabbageverb詞源 1/ˈkæbɪd͡ʒ/
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To form a head like that of the cabbage.
- to make lettuce cabbage
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slangTo do nothing; to idle; veg out.
- How effective the project was is a moot point, because there were never any studies carried out to see whether children benefited from cabbaging in front of the TV rather than interacting with a teacher.
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slangTo be killed or murdered, such as by being shot in the head.
cabbagenoun詞源 2/ˈkæbɪd͡ʒ/
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slangScraps of cloth which are left after a garment has been cut out, which tailors traditionally kept.
cabbageverb詞源 2/ˈkæbɪd͡ʒ/
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To embezzle or purloin; to pilfer, to steal.
- [Y]our Butler purloins your Liquor, and your Brevver ſells your Hogvvaſh; […] your Taylor, inſtead of Shreds, cabages vvhole Yards of Cloth; […]
- We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。