| 单词 | germinate |
| 释义 | germinate (once / 2949 pages) v To germinate is to grow or to develop. When a tiny seedling cracks through a seed casing and sprouts, it has germinated. The term is used for other things too, like when an idea germinates into a film or book. Sometimes you want things to germinate, like the heirloom tomato seeds in your backyard garden. Sometimes what germinates is not desirable — like how joblessness, economic problems, and generations of anti-Semitism provided a fertile ground for Nazism to germinate in pre-war Germany. The word's roots are in botany, but it has grown, or dare we say germinated, to be used for any time something grows and develops. WORD FAMILYgerminate: germinated, germinates, germinating, germination+/germ: germinal, germinate, germs, germy/germinal: germinally/germination: germinations USAGE EXAMPLESThose books took a lifetime to germinate and 16 years to write, culminating in his Pulitzer win. The Guardian(Nov 20, 2016) “What it has done is burn off that old overstory and release a lot of the other seed to germinate.” Washington Times(Nov 11, 2016) It suggests vibrations during launch, temperature fluctuations, cosmic rays and microgravity do not prevent seeds from germinating and growing. BBC(Nov 02, 2016) 1v produce buds, branches, or germinate Syn|Hyper bourgeon, burgeon forth, pullulate, shoot, sprout, spud grow increase in size by natural process 2v cause to grow or sprout the plentiful rain germinated my plants Syn|Hyper bourgeon, burgeon forth, pullulate, shoot, sprout, spud produce buds, branches, or germinate grow cause to grow or develop 3v work out Syn|Hyper develop, evolve develop make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation create by mental act, create mentally create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands |
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