turnip
n
1 [C]
(a) plant with a round white, or white and purple, root 芜菁.
(b) plant with a brownish purple root; swede 芜菁.
2 [C, U] root of either of these used as a vegetable or as food for cattle 芜菁, 蔓菁, 大头菜(用作蔬菜或牛饲料): mashed turnip 大头菜泥
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turnip soup 蔓菁汤.
I've got a problem and as I don't know what to do I thought I'd write to you and ask for your advice.
我有一个问题,因为我不知道该怎么办。我想我最好写信给你,征求你的意见。
Professor Karl von Frisch, an Austrian scientist, spent many years of his life researching the amazing ways honey bees communicate in their dark hives.