英语词汇“sprout”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

A sprout is a small growth on a plant — a little new bud. Other things can sprout too: kids are constantly sprouting (growing).

The key thing to think of when you're trying to remember the meaning of sprout is growth — as a noun, a sprout is a new growth of a plant, and as a verb, to sprout means to grow. Sprouting mainly applies to height and to the young, whether you're talking about plants, people, or things. An older person who gains fifty pounds is growing but not sprouting.

WORD FAMILY

sprout: sprouted, sprouting, sprouts+/sprouting: sproutings

USAGE EXAMPLES

In winter that means lots of carrots, baby brussels sprouts and apples.

New York Times(Dec 31, 2016)

New venture-capital arms of large corporations seem to sprout up every few months, enabling their executives to mingle and hunt for partnerships and acquisitions.

Wall Street Journal(Dec 30, 2016)

Available at Sprouts and through home or office delivery.

Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016)

1v produce buds, branches, or germinate

the potatoes sprouted

Syn|Hyper

bourgeon, burgeon forth, germinate, pullulate, shoot, spud
germinate

cause to grow or sprout

grow

increase in size by natural process

2v put forth and grow sprouts or shoots

the plant sprouted early this year

Syn|Hyper

stock

acquire, develop, get, grow, produce

come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

3n a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed)

Hypo|Hyper

bean sprout

any of various sprouted beans: especially mung beans or lentils or edible soybeans

alfalfa sprout

sprouted alfalfa seeds

green, greens, leafy vegetable

any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables

4n any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud

Hypo|Hyper

shoot

a new branch

bud

a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals

sucker

a shoot arising from a plant's roots

tiller

a shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass

leaf bud

a bud from which leaves (but not flowers) develop

flower bud

a bud from which only a flower or flowers develop

mixed bud

a bud yielding both leaves and flowers

plant organ

a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus

单词	sprout
释义	sprout (once / 1314 pages) vn A sprout is a small growth on a plant — a little new bud. Other things can sprout too: kids are constantly sprouting (growing). The key thing to think of when you're trying to remember the meaning of sprout is growth — as a noun, a sprout is a new growth of a plant, and as a verb, to sprout means to grow. Sprouting mainly applies to height and to the young, whether you're talking about plants, people, or things. An older person who gains fifty pounds is growing but not sprouting. WORD FAMILY sprout: sprouted, sprouting, sprouts+/sprouting: sproutings USAGE EXAMPLES In winter that means lots of carrots, baby brussels sprouts and apples. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) New venture-capital arms of large corporations seem to sprout up every few months, enabling their executives to mingle and hunt for partnerships and acquisitions. Wall Street Journal(Dec 30, 2016) Available at Sprouts and through home or office delivery. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1v produce buds, branches, or germinate the potatoes sprouted Syn\|Hyper bourgeon, burgeon forth, germinate, pullulate, shoot, spud germinate cause to grow or sprout grow increase in size by natural process 2v put forth and grow sprouts or shoots the plant sprouted early this year Syn\|Hyper stock acquire, develop, get, grow, produce come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) 3n a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed) Hypo\|Hyper bean sprout any of various sprouted beans: especially mung beans or lentils or edible soybeans alfalfa sprout sprouted alfalfa seeds green, greens, leafy vegetable any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables 4n any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud Hypo\|Hyper shoot a new branch bud a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals sucker a shoot arising from a plant's roots tiller a shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass leaf bud a bud from which leaves (but not flowers) develop flower bud a bud from which only a flower or flowers develop mixed bud a bud yielding both leaves and flowers plant organ a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus
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