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单词 sprout
释义

sprout

1 of 2

verb

ˈsprau̇t How to pronounce sprout (audio)
sprouted; sprouting; sprouts

intransitive verb

1
: to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout
2
: to send out new growth

transitive verb

: to send forth or up : cause to develop : grow

sprout

2 of 2

noun

1
a
: shoot sense 1a
especially : a young shoot (as from a seed or root)
b sprouts plural
(1)
chiefly British : brussels sprout sense 2
(2)
: edible sprouts especially from recently germinated seeds (as of alfalfa or mung beans)
2
: something resembling a sprout: such as
a
: a young person
b
: scion sense 1

Synonyms

Noun

  • bairn [chiefly Scottish]
  • bambino
  • bud
  • chap [Southern & Midland]
  • chick
  • child
  • cub
  • juvenile
  • kid
  • kiddie
  • kiddy
  • kiddo
  • moppet
  • sprat
  • squirt
  • whelp
  • youngling
  • youngster
  • youth
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Example Sentences

Verb seeds sprouting in the spring Potatoes will sprout in the bag if kept in a warm place. The garden is sprouting weeds. The tree is already sprouting leaves. He sprouted a beard since the last time I saw him. She dreamed that her boss had sprouted horns. Hair sprouted on his face. Noun he earned the admiration of the neighborhood sprouts when he showed them how to make a slingshot the raspberry bushes began sending out sprouts in early spring See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Higher aims will come, and rivalries of some sort perhaps will sprout. Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 9 Sep. 2022 Other clonal aspen groves exist—a quirk of the trees’ unusual horizontal roots, which sprout their own stems—but very few even come close to rivaling Pando in mass. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2022 Home gardens began to sprout all over the country to help with war-rationing efforts. Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2022 Once inside, the spores sprout long tendrils called mycelia that eventually reach into the brain and release chemicals that make the unfortunate host the fungi’s zombie slave. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 Aug. 2022 Sometimes, from that boredom, things sprout up that are surprising and weird and fun. Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 31 July 2022 Other plants have evolved to release their seeds during a fire so more plants will sprout afterward. Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 4 July 2022 Suckers are branches that sprout from the rootstock below the graft union. oregonlive, 6 Aug. 2022 The Netherlands has specifically banned the mushrooms—but its laws don't mention the psilocybin-containing lumps of underground material that eventually sprout them, better known as truffles. Simon Makin, Scientific American, 20 July 2022
Noun
Willows sprout from beaver dams, having taken root where the animals anchored them. The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022 Picturesque medieval hill towns sprout from almost every crag, but on closer inspection, a Gothic atmosphere hangs over many, tilting the cultural balance from the Mediterranean toward the Eastern European. Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Aug. 2022 To get to iron oxide, G. sulfurreducens and other Geobacter species do something very curious: sprout wire-like tendrils called pili (pilus for one). Miriam Fauzia, Popular Mechanics, 15 Aug. 2022 Seeds sprout in particular ways that depend on where and how each species evolved. Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2022 If the fury over CRT grew from the United States’ refusal to reckon with its own history, a culture war over ESG will be nurtured by the same elements but sprout from different soil on an adjacent plot. Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 23 May 2022 Fifty-two years after mankind’s giant leap, a small sprout has taken root in lunar soil inside a Florida lab symbolizing the blossoming of a new-moon era. Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2022 Most California strawberry plants sprout constantly over the course of the season — little green berries sitting alongside fat red ones, nestled among the leaves. Sam Deanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2022 In many depictions, grasslands appear as an early stage in this progression that will—given time and barring outside interference—eventually sprout trees. Julia Rosen, The Atlantic, 25 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English spruten, from Old English -sprūtan; akin to Old High German spriozan to sprout, Lithuanian sprausti to squeeze, thrust

First Known Use

Verb

13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

sprout 1 of 2

verb

ˈsprau̇t How to pronounce sprout (audio)
sprouted; sprouting
: to produce or cause to produce new growth
The seeds of corn were sprouting.

sprout

2 of 2

noun

: a young stem of a plant especially when coming directly from a seed or root

Medical Definition

sprout 1 of 2

intransitive verb

ˈsprau̇t How to pronounce sprout (audio)
: to send out new growth : produce sprouts
vascular endothelial growth factor … has been shown to spur blood vessels to sprout Greg Miller

sprout

2 of 2

noun

: a new outgrowth (as of nerve tissue) resembling the young shoot of a plant
segments of the axon above the injury … produce new sprouts J. L. Marx

sprout 1 of 2

noun

1
as in kid
a young person who is between infancy and adulthood he earned the admiration of the neighborhood sprouts when he showed them how to make a slingshot

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • kid
  • child
  • bud
  • chick
  • cub
  • baby
  • juvenile
  • moppet
  • youth
  • monkey
  • youngster
  • squirt
  • youngling
  • whelp
  • kiddo
  • adolescent
  • sprat
  • teenager
  • bambino
  • kiddie
  • infant
  • bairn
  • teen
  • toddler
  • chap
  • newborn
  • minor
  • kiddy
  • preschooler
  • nestling
  • kindergartner
  • urchin
  • tot
  • tyke
  • bantling
  • neonate
  • cherub
  • tike
  • rogue
  • imp
  • jackanapes
  • rug rat
  • weanling
  • mischief
  • babe
  • kindergartener
  • shaver
  • schoolchild
  • whippersnapper
  • rascal
  • tween
  • stripling
  • rapscallion
  • schoolboy
  • lad
  • hellion
  • schoolgirl
  • preteen
  • nipper
  • devil
  • schoolkid
  • subteen
  • tad
  • teenybopper
  • tomboy
  • teener
  • hoyden
  • preteen-ager
  • bobby-soxer

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • adult
  • senior citizen
  • grown-up
  • ancient
  • elder
  • oldster
  • middle-ager
  • golden-ager
  • senior
  • old-timer
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2
as in limb
a branch of a main stem especially of a plant the raspberry bushes began sending out sprouts in early spring

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • limb
  • shoot
  • bud
  • growth
  • twig
  • offshoot
  • outgrowth
  • branchlet
  • sprig
  • bough
  • floret
  • excrescence
  • spur
  • spray

sprout

2 of 2

verb

as in to root

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • root
  • germinate
  • ripen
  • plant
  • produce
  • propagate
  • grow
  • sow
  • quicken
  • harvest
  • breed
  • crop
  • cultivate
  • culture
  • reap
  • tend
  • gather
  • glean
  • promote
  • rear
  • dress
  • raise

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • kill
  • pick
  • dig
  • cut
  • pluck
  • uproot
  • pull (up)
  • hay
  • extirpate
  • mow
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