1 the seeds or seed containers (pods) from a climbing plant which are eaten as vegetables 豆子;豆荚:
soya beans大豆a tin of baked beans (= beans in a tomato sauce)一罐烤豆(加了蕃茄汁的)green beans青菜豆☞picture on page C3 见C3页插图
2 similar seeds from other plants 其他植物的类似种子:
coffee beans咖啡豆
bean/bin; biːn/n [C]1 a seed or a case that seeds grow in, cooked as food 豆﹔豆荚: kidney beans 菜豆green beans 青刀豆﹐四季豆2 coffee/cocoa beans the seeds used in making coffee or chocolate 咖啡豆/可可豆