sprout

英 [spraʊt]

美 [spraʊt]

v.  发芽; 抽芽; 抽条; 生长; 出现; (使)涌现出; 长出(某物); (某物)长出
n.  苗; 新芽; 嫩枝

复数：sprouts　过去式：sprouted　现在分词：sprouting　过去分词：sprouted　第三人称单数：sprouts　

考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.11559 / COCA.7981

同义词辨析

budshootsprout【导航词义：嫩芽】

牛津词典

verb

• 发芽；抽芽；抽条；生长
  to produce new leaves or buds ; to start to grow
  1. new leaves sprouting from the trees
     树上长出的新叶
  2. The seeds will sprout in a few days.
     这些种子几天后就会发芽。
• 出现；（使）涌现出
  to appear; to develop sth, especially in large numbers
  1. Hundreds of mushrooms had sprouted up overnight.
     一夜之间长出来好几百朵蘑菇。
  2. The town has sprouted shopping malls, discos and nightclubs in recent years.
     最近几年，城里涌现出不少购物中心、迪斯科舞厅和夜总会。
• 长出（某物）；（某物）长出
  to start to grow sth; to start to grow on sb/sth
  1. Tim has sprouted a beard since we last saw him.
     我们上次见到蒂姆以后，蒂姆长出了胡子。
  2. Hair sprouted from his chest.
     他胸前长出了毛。

noun

noun

• 苗；新芽；嫩枝
  a new part growing on a plant

柯林斯词典

• VERB (植物、蔬菜、种子)发芽，抽芽，长芽
  When plants, vegetables, or seedssprout, they produce new shoots or leaves.
  1. It only takes a few days for beans to sprout.
     豆子只要几天就能发芽。
• VERB (叶子、芽或植株)生长
  When leaves, shoots, or plantssproutsomewhere, they grow there.
  1. Leaf-shoots were beginning to sprout on the hawthorn...
     山楂树上开始长出叶芽。
  2. Birch trees sprouted from the rubble and grew into a dense young wood.
     桦树从瓦砾中长出来，形成了一片茂密的新林。
• VERB 使生长
  If a garden or other area of landsproutsplants, they start to grow there.
  1. ...the garden, which had had time to sprout a shocking collection of weeds.
     久而久之便野草丛生的花园
• VERB (出于食用目的)使(豆子、种子等)发芽
  If yousproutbeans or seeds, you make them grow small shoots before eating them. You usually do this by soaking them in water.
  1. When you sprout seeds their nutritional content increases...
     让种子发芽后，其营养含量会提高。
  2. Sprouted beans only need to be cooked for 1-2 minutes.
     豆芽只需烹炒一到两分钟。
• V-ERG (毛发等)生长，长出
  If something such as hairsproutsfrom a person or animal, or if theysproutit, it grows on them.
  1. She is very old now, with little, round, wire-rimmed glasses and whiskers sprouting from her chin...
     她现在很老了，戴着圆圆的金属架小眼镜，下巴上还长出了胡须。
  2. As well as sprouting a few grey hairs, Kevin seems to be suffering the occasional memory loss.
     除长出了些许白发外，凯文似乎还患上了间歇性失忆。
• V-ERG 大量涌现;迅猛发展
  If a large number of things have appeared or developed somewhere, you can say that theyhave sproutedthere or that the placehas sproutedthem.
  1. More than a million satellite dishes have sprouted on homes across the country...
     100 多万个卫星接收器迅速出现在了全国各地的家庭用户中。
  2. Since its first shop was opened in 1976, it has sprouted outlets in 39 countries.
     自从 1976 年开设第一家店以来，它已经在 39 个国家里开设了大量分店。
• 抱子甘蓝;球芽甘蓝
  Sproutsare vegetables that look like tiny cabbages. They are also calledbrussels sprouts.
• N-COUNT 新芽;子苗;嫩枝
  Sproutsare new shoots on plants.
  1. After eleven days of growth the number of sprouts was counted.
     经过11天的生长后，对新芽的数量进行了计数。

英英释义

noun

• a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed)
• any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud

verb

• put forth and grow sprouts or shoots
  1. the plant sprouted early this year
  Synonym:stock
• produce buds, branches, or germinate
  1. the potatoes sprouted
  Synonym:shootspudgerminatepullulatebourgeonburgeon forth

双语例句

• Since its first shop was opened in 1976, it has sprouted outlets in 39 countries.
  自从1976年开设第一家店以来，它已经在39个国家里开设了大量分店。
• As well as sprouting a few grey hairs, Kevin seems to be suffering the occasional memory loss.
  除长出了些许白发外，凯文似乎还患上了间歇性失忆。
• Spring breeze, sprout germinate.
  春风一刮，芽儿萌发。
• But after a certain period of time, will naturally break dormancy and begin to sprout growth.
  但经过一定的时间，休眠会自然打破而开始萌芽生长。
• Leaf-shoots were beginning to sprout on the hawthorn
  山楂树上开始长出叶芽。
• Buds sprout in the spring.
  芽在春天萌发。
• With the coming of the new semester, spring March, the grass sprout out of the earth.
  新的一学期来临了，阳春三月，草长莺飞。
• After eleven days of growth the number of sprouts was counted.
  经过11天的生长后，对新芽的数量进行了计数。
• Bob's beginning to sprout a beard.
  鲍勃开始长胡须了。
• After a light spring rain, leaves began to sprout from trees.
  下了一场小小的春雨后，树木开始长出新芽。