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bean

/ˈbiːn/

US UK

noun

plural beans

[count] a seed that is eaten as a vegetable and that comes from any one of many different kinds of climbing plants

We ate rice and beans for dinner.

a part of a plant that contains very young seeds and that is eaten as a vegetable - see also green bean, pole bean, snap bean, string bean, wax bean

a plant that produces beans

We're growing tomatoes and beans in our garden this year.

a seed that looks like a bean but that does not come from a climbing plant

coffee beans

cocoa beans

a vanilla bean - see also jelly bean, jumping bean

a hill of beans

xem hill

full of beans

informal

full of energy and life

We were young and full of beans.

Although she's much older now, she's still full of beans.

US :not correct or truthful :full of nonsense

If that's what he's been saying, then he's full of beans.

not know beans about

US informal :to not know anything about (something)

He doesn't know beans about computers. [=he knows nothing about computers]

spill the beans

informal :to reveal secret information

I tried to get him to tell me what he knew, but he refused to spill the beans.

verb

beans; beaned; beaning

[+ obj] informal :to hit (someone) on the head with something

A kid in the back of the room beaned me with an eraser. [=threw an eraser that hit my head]

(baseball) The pitcher almost beaned the first batter. [=he threw a pitch that almost hit the batter's head]

* Các từ tương tự:
bean counter, bean curd, bean sprouts, beanbag, beanie, beanpole