bean
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++bean1 /biːn/ ●●● S2 noun [countable] 1 VEGETABLEDFHBPa seed or a pod (=case containing seeds), that comes from a climbing plant and is cooked as food. There are very many types of beans 豆；豆荚 baked beans 烘豆 Soak the beans overnight. 把豆子浸泡一夜。 kidney beans 芸豆 green beans 青刀豆，四季豆 →5 see picture at 见图 vegetable12. PLANTHBPDFa plant that produces beans 豆科植物3 COFFEEDFa seed used in making some types of food or drinks 〔用于做某类食物或饮料的〕籽实 coffee beans 咖啡豆 cocoa beans 可可豆4 be full of beans informalENERGETIC to be very eager and full of energy 生气勃勃，精力充沛 She’s full of beans this morning. 她今天早上精神十足。5. not have a bean British English informalPOOR to have no money at all 身无分文6. not know/care beans (about somebody/something) NOT KNOW American English informal to not know anything or care at all about someone or something （对某人/某物）一无所知/毫不关心 → spill the beans at spill1(3), → not amount to a hill of beans at hill(5), → jelly bean
Examples from the Corpus
bean• He doesn't have a bean, other than what we lend him.• The chicken version is filled with corn, black beans, peppers, onions, melted cheese and of course, chicken.• Collect bean canes and pea sticks.• chicken with rice and green beans• Seven dried lima beans, painted bright red.• Then I'd look at the fields of beans, glossy in the moonlight, hanging fat and glossy.• Ana got up, took a spoonful of bean mush and poked it into the child's mouth.• There was nothing he would rather eat than beans.• Drain the beans and place them in a saucepan with the bay leaves.• Soak the beans overnight before cooking.bean2 verb [transitive] informalHIT to hit someone on the head with an object 〔用东西〕打〔某人〕的头部→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
bean• Hughes got beaned by a wild pitch.nBean n → Mr BeanOrigin bean1 Old Englishbean1 nounbean2 verbBeanLDOCE OnlineChinese
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bean
bean1 S2 /biːn/ 
noun [countable]
1. a seed or a pod (=case containing seeds), that comes from a climbing plant and is cooked as food. There are very many types of beans.:
baked beans
Soak the beans overnight.
kidney beans
green beans
2. a plant that produces beans
3. a seed used in making some types of food or drinks:
coffee beans
cocoa beans
4. be full of beans informal to be very eager and full of energy:
She’s full of beans this morning.
5. not have a bean British English informal to have no money at all
6. not know/care beans (about somebody/something) American English informal to not know anything or care at all about someone or something
⇨ spill the beans at spill1(3), ⇨ not amount to a hill of beans at hill(5), ⇨ jelly bean
bean2 verb [transitive]
informal to hit someone on the head with an object
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noun [countable] Language: Old English
1. a seed or a pod (=case containing seeds), that comes from a climbing plant and is cooked as food. There are very many types of beans.:
2. a plant that produces beans
3. a seed used in making some types of food or drinks:
4. be full of beans informal to be very eager and full of energy:
5. not have a bean British English informal to have no money at all
6. not know/care beans (about somebody/something) American English informal to not know anything or care at all about someone or something
⇨ spill the beans at spill1(3), ⇨ not amount to a hill of beans at hill(5), ⇨ jelly bean
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verb [transitive]informal to hit someone on the head with an object
