English Dictionary

vegetate

/ˈvɛdʒɪteɪt/

verb

(of a plant) To grow or sprout. / (of a wart etc) To spread abnormally. / (informal) To live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way.

The seeds vegetate in the soil until they receive enough sunlight to sprout.

意味（1）

(of a plant) To grow or sprout.

意味（2）

(of a wart etc) To spread abnormally.

意味（3）

(informal) To live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way.

I am amazed to see a young man of your appearance and talents—though, after I have been thus depreciating the latter, it is almost an affront to say any thing about those you possess—I am amazed to see you vegetating among your own oaks, as if, like them, growth were your only value."