Sprout
[sprəʊt] or [spraʊt]
解释:
(noun.) a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed).
(noun.) any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud.
(verb.) put forth and grow sprouts or shoots; 'the plant sprouted early this year'.
阿奇校对--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To shoot, as the seed of a plant; to germinate; to push out new shoots; hence, to grow like shoots of plants.
(v. t.) To shoot into ramifications.
(v. t.) To cause to sprout; as, the rain will sprout the seed.
(v. t.) To deprive of sprouts; as, to sprout potatoes.
(v. i.) The shoot of a plant; a shoot from the seed, from the stump, or from the root or tuber, of a plant or tree; more rarely, a shoot from the stem of a plant, or the end of a branch.
(v. i.) Young coleworts; Brussels sprouts.
录入:李莉斯
同义词及近义词：
v. n. Shoot, germinate, vegetate, push, grow, pullulate, put forth, shoot forth, burst forth.
n. [1]. Acrospire, plumule.[2]. Shoot, ratoon, young branch.
阿琳整理
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Bud, germ, shoot, twig, stem, scion,[See GHOST]
SYN:Shoot, germinate, spring, vegetate, bud
ANT:Blight, wither, decay
录入:万斯
解释:
n. a germ or young shoot: (pl.) young shoots from old cabbages.—v.i. to shoot: to push out new shoots.—adj. Sprout′ed budded.—Brussels sprouts (see Brussels).
编辑:基蒂
例句:
- Poor bewildered statesmen, unused to any notion of change, have seen the national life grow to a monstrous confusion and sprout monstrous evils by the way. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Without the warmth of the sun seeds could not sprout and develop into the mighty trees which yield firewood. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- The noble Athelstane of Coningsburgh is no more--the last sprout of the sainted Confessor! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Jo's book was the pride of her heart, and was regarded by her family as a literary sprout of great promise. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- Well, young brockiley sprout, wot then? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- An acorn costs nothing; but it may sprout into a prodigious bit of timber. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Seeds sprout, rain falls, the sun shines, insects devour, blight comes, the seasons change. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- I fear the sprouts, too, as Rafael does. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- That of the sprouts was too much. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- That of the sprouts in the face of the old women sickens me, the gypsy said. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- Coal is simply buried vegetation,--vegetation which sprouted and grew under the influence of the sun's warm rays. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- New ideas are doubtless always sprouting, but a society governed by custom does not encourage their development. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- The luminous rays wrapped her up with her increasing distance, and the rustle of her dress over the sprouting sedge and grass died away. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
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