/'tɜ:nɪp; `tɝnɪp/
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
* [attrib 作定语] turnip soup 蔓菁汤.

n [U and C]

[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Probably from turn (because of its rounded root) + neep 'turnip' (11-21 centuries) (from Old English nAp)]
a large round pale yellow vegetable that grows under the ground, or the plant that produces it