1. (植物、蔬菜、種子)發(fā)芽,抽芽,長芽 When plants, vegetables, or seeds sprout, they produce new shoots or leaves.
e.g. It only takes a few days for beans to sprout. 豆子只要幾天就能發(fā)芽。
2. (葉子、芽或植株)生長 When leaves, shoots, or plants sprout somewhere, they grow there.
e.g. Leaf-shoots were beginning to sprout on the hawthorn... 山楂樹上開始長出葉芽。 e.g. Birch trees sprouted from the rubble and grew into a dense young wood. 樺樹從瓦礫中長出來,形成了一片茂密的新林。
3. 使生長 If a garden or other area of land sprouts plants, they start to grow there.
e.g. ...the garden, which had had time to sprout a shocking collection of weeds. 久而久之便野草叢生的花園
4. (出于食用目的)使(豆子、種子等)發(fā)芽 If you sprout beans or seeds, you make them grow small shoots before eating them. You usually do this by soaking them in water.
e.g. When you sprout seeds their nutritional content increases... 讓種子發(fā)芽后,其營養(yǎng)含量會提高。 e.g. Sprouted beans only need to be cooked for 1-2 minutes. 豆芽只需烹炒一到兩分鐘。
5. (毛發(fā)等)生長,長出 If something such as hair sprouts from a person or animal, or if they sprout it, it grows on them.
e.g. She is very old now, with little, round, wire-rimmed glasses and whiskers sprouting from her chin... 她現(xiàn)在很老了,戴著圓圓的金屬架小眼鏡,下巴上還長出了胡須。 e.g. As well as sprouting a few grey hairs, Kevin seems to be suffering the occasional memory loss. 除長出了些許白發(fā)外,凱文似乎還患上了間歇性失憶。
6. 大量涌現(xiàn);迅猛發(fā)展 If a large number of things have appeared or developed somewhere, you can say that they have sprouted there or that the place has sprouted them.
e.g. More than a million satellite dishes have sprouted on homes across the country... 100 多萬個(gè)衛(wèi)星接收器迅速出現(xiàn)在了全國各地的家庭用戶中。 e.g. Since its first shop was opened in 1976, it has sprouted outlets in 39 countries. 自從 1976 年開設(shè)第一家店以來,它已經(jīng)在 39 個(gè)國家里開設(shè)了大量分店。
7. 抱子甘藍(lán);球芽甘藍(lán) Sprouts are vegetables that look like tiny cabbages. They are also called brussels sprouts .
8. 新芽;子苗;嫩枝 Sprouts are new shoots on plants.
sprout的近義詞
e.g. After eleven days of growth the number of sprouts was counted. 經(jīng)過11天的生長后,對新芽的數(shù)量進(jìn)行了計(jì)數(shù)。
sprout英英釋義
noun
1. a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed)
2. any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud