Sprout

[sprəʊt] or [spraʊt]

解釋/意思:

(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'.

阿奇校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(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.

錄入:李莉斯

同義詞及近義詞：

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

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Bud, germ, shoot, twig, stem, scion,[See GHOST]

SYN:Shoot, germinate, spring, vegetate, bud

ANT:Blight, wither, decay

錄入:万斯

解釋/意思:

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).

編輯:基蒂