A turnip is a round root vegetable that grows under the ground. The part you eat is a fat white ball, often with a purple top where the sun touched it, and it has a slightly hot, slightly bitter taste — a bit like a radish, but softer and sweeter after you cook it. People boil it, roast it, or mash it, usually with potatoes.

A turnip is a round root vegetable that grows under the groundTurnip（蕪菁）是一種長在地底下、圓圓的根莖類蔬菜 The part you eat is a fat white ball你吃的部分是一顆胖胖的白色球狀根 often with a purple top where the sun touched it頂端常常因為曬到太陽而帶點紫色 and it has a slightly hot, slightly bitter taste味道有一點點辣、一點點苦 a bit like a radish, but softer and sweeter after you cook it有點像蘿蔔，但煮過之後會變得比較軟、比較甜 People boil it, roast it, or mash it大家會拿它來水煮、烤、或搗成泥 usually with potatoes通常會配馬鈴薯一起做

The word also means the whole plant, leaves and all; the leaves are called turnip greens and in the American South people cook and eat those too.

The word also means the whole plant, leaves and all這個字也可以指整株植物，連葉子都算在內 the leaves are called turnip greens葉子叫做turnip greens（蕪菁葉） and in the American South people cook and eat those too在美國南方，大家也會把葉子拿來煮來吃

In Britain the word gets used loosely: what a Scottish person calls a turnip (or a 'neep') is often what an English person calls a swede — the bigger yellow-orange one. So if someone tells you they ate turnip, you cannot always be sure which vegetable was on the plate.

In Britain the word gets used loosely在英國，這個字用得比較鬆散 what a Scottish person calls a turnip (or a 'neep') is often what an English person calls a swede蘇格蘭人說的turnip（或是'neep'），常常是英格蘭人講的swede the bigger yellow-orange one那種比較大顆、黃橙色的品種 So if someone tells you they ate turnip所以如果有人跟你說他吃了turnip you cannot always be sure which vegetable was on the plate你不一定能確定盤子裡到底是哪一種菜

Turnips are cheap and have been food for poor people and for farm animals for hundreds of years, and that history sits inside the word: calling a person a turnip is an old, mild insult meaning slow or stupid, and in Britain people say 'you can't get blood out of a turnip' when someone has no money to give.

Turnips are cheapTurnip很便宜 and have been food for poor people and for farm animals for hundreds of years幾百年來一直是窮人和農場動物的食物 and that history sits inside the word這段歷史也藏在這個字裡 calling a person a turnip is an old, mild insult meaning slow or stupid把一個人叫做turnip，是一種老派、輕微的侮辱，意思是遲鈍或笨 and in Britain people say 'you can't get blood out of a turnip' when someone has no money to give在英國，當有人沒錢可拿出來的時候，大家會說'you can't get blood out of a turnip'（你不能從蕪菁裡榨出血來）