In the garden, some salad plants — lettuce, spinach, rocket, that kind of thing — you do not pull the whole plant out of the earth when you want leaves to eat. You snip or pick the outer leaves and leave the heart of the plant in the ground. It keeps living, and later it has grown more leaves for you.

In the garden在菜園裡，some salad plants有些沙拉菜——lettuce萵苣、spinach菠菜、rocket芝麻菜，that kind of thing那一類——when you want leaves to eat當你想要葉子吃的時候，you你 do not pull不會把 the whole plant整棵植物 out of the earth從土裡拔出來。 You你 snip or pick剪下或摘下 the outer leaves外圈的葉子，and而 the heart of the plant植株的心 leave留 in the ground在土裡。 It它 keeps living繼續活著，and later而過些時候 it它 for you已經替你 has grown more leaves長出更多葉子。

Gardeners call that kind of plant cut-and-come-again. The name is almost a tiny instruction: you cut, and it comes again.

Gardeners園丁 call that kind of plant把那種植物叫作 cut-and-come-again。 The name這名字 is almost幾乎是 a tiny instruction一句小小的指令：you cut你剪，and it comes again它就再長回來。

You meet it on seed packets and in gardening talk, not in ordinary chat about dinner.

on seed packets在種子包裝上 and in gardening talk和園藝的談話裡 You meet it你會遇到它，not in ordinary chat about dinner而不是在聊晚餐吃什麼的閒聊裡。

Though actually, people also stretch it a little and say a cut-and-come-again crop, or a cut-and-come-again method — still the same idea: harvest without killing the plant. It is not the name of one vegetable. It tells you how you pick it.

Though actually不過其實，people人們 also也 stretch it a little把它的用法拉寬一點，and say而說 a cut-and-come-again crop，or a cut-and-come-again method——still the same idea還是同一個概念：without killing the plant不弄死植株 harvest就採收。 It它 is not不是 of one vegetable某一種蔬菜 the name的名字。 It它 tells you告訴你的是 how you pick it你怎麼採它。