🇬🇧🇨🇳 lettuce - 莴苣 : English Lesson

Meaning of "lettuce" ("莴苣"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Lettuce is a green, leafy vegetable that grows in heads or bunches. It’s often used in salads, sandwiches, and wraps. Lettuce is crunchy, cool, and full of water, which makes it refreshing to eat. There are different types of lettuce, like romaine, iceberg, and butterhead.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

I made a lettuce smoothie. It tasted like regret.

My dog sniffed the lettuce and gave me a look of betrayal.

I gave lettuce a hug and now I smell like a healthy rabbit.

The lettuce in our fridge is older than my baby cousin.

Ancient Egyptians considered lettuce a sacred plant, and it was even served to pharaohs!

In the small garden in the sun a child picks lettuce. She holds a big green lettuce. She washes it, tears the lettuce into a bowl and mixes the lettuce with a tomato. A friend sees the bowl, tastes a leaf and smiles. They eat the lettuce and laugh and feel very happy.

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This word is at the A2 level, which means it’s useful for simple, everyday situations. You might use it when shopping, traveling, or talking about your hobbies. Words at this level help you build confidence in practical, routine conversations.

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