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/ˈletɪs/
a round vegetable with thin, soft green leaves, which people usually eat raw in a salad or in a sandwich.
生菜；萵苣
複數 lettuces
核心畫面
You can picture a round, loose ball of thin pale-green leaves that you pull apart with your hands — cool, crisp, and eaten raw, so it turns up in salads and inside sandwiches rather than in a hot pan.
可以想成一顆圓圓的、由薄薄淺綠葉子疊成的球，用手就能一片片剝下來。它的重點在「生吃」——冰涼、脆脆的，所以出現的地方…更多收起
可以想成一顆圓圓的、由薄薄淺綠葉子疊成的球，用手就能一片片剝下來。它的重點在「生吃」——冰涼、脆脆的，所以出現的地方多半是沙拉碗裡或三明治夾層裡，而不是熱鍋上。原始詞典資料6 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。
lettucenoun/ˈlɛt.ɪs/
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An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green or purple leaves.
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foodlifestylevegetableThe leaves of the lettuce plant, eaten as a vegetable; as a dish often mixed with other ingredients, dressing etc.
- I’ll have a ham sandwich with lettuce and tomato.
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slangUnited States paper currency; dollars.
- To steady himself he counts the money left in his wallet. Seventy-three; today was payday. Fingering so much lettuce strengthens his nerves.
- Twenty dollars an hour? That's a lot of lettuce!
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A strong yellow-green color, like that of lettuce (also called lettuce green).
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slangMarijuana.
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slangLong, curly hair, as worn by followers of bro culture.
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。