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

单词	growth
释义	growth I. \ˈgrōth\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English (Scots dialect) grouth, from Old Norse grōthr, grōthi, from grōa to grow — more at grow 1. a. (1) : stage in the process of growing : size < the river reaches its greatest growth a few miles above St. Louis > < the tree hasn't got its full growth > : stature < give added growth and dimension to a book — Norman Cousins > (2) : full growth < by the looks of him he would be every inch of six feet when he attained his growth — Archie Binns > b. : the process of growing: as (1) : an increase in the size of an organism or part especially when involving increase in the amount of protoplasm — compare development, differentiation (2) : increase in size by a natural inorganic process whereby material is added to the surface in such a way as to continue the established regular or periodic structure < growth or regrowth of mica under the influence of late solutions — Economic Geology > (3) : a progressive development from lower or simpler to higher or more complex forms of organization : evolution < the … history of the growth of writing — A.N.Whitehead > < the growth and decay of languages — G.R.Harrison > (4) : progressive intellectual or moral advance or development : cultural or spiritual self-enrichment < a lifetime of learning and continuous growth is required of us — R.H.Wittcoff > < novels provide the basis for growth, experiences which can be rich and full — Irish Digest > < learning and growth are always a result of what the individual brings to the learning situation — H.R.Douglass > < the theory that our native writers suffered from arrested growth — C.I.Glicksberg > (5) : rise, emergence < his lifetime encompassed the … growth of the solidly Democratic South — Current History > < the first growth and development of Macedonia … into the first of all known powers — George Grote > (6) : qualitative or quantitative increase : expansion < the growth of the oil industry > < the rapid growth in luxury and sophistication — Carl Van Doren > < the growth of urban population > < the growth of illiteracy > 2. a. : something that grows or has grown: as (1) : a stand of forest < the road is bordered with close growths of willow — American Guide Series: Louisiana > < a young growth dedicated in 1926 — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania > — see old growth, second growth (2) : a cover of vegetation : vegetation < a dense … growth of European grasses which formed a thick sod — P.E.James > < the only other growth here showing is a very little salt grass — G.R.Stewart > (3) : plant < this weed is a very noxious growth > (4) : a lateral shoot or branch on the main stem of a plant b. : abnormal proliferation of tissue (as a tumor) c. : outgrowth, offshoot < a lovely phrase … which is really a growth from the main tune — Herbert Wiseman > d. : the result of growth : product, effect, development < Protestantism was a relatively recent growth > < this was the growth of habit — Ellen Glasgow > < Virginia City and other Nevada towns were mushroom growths from silver ore — Dict. of American History > 3. : production, cultivation, origin < goods of foreign growth > < all his fruit and vegetables were of his own growth > II. noun : anticipated progressive growth in capital value and income < some investors prefer growth to immediate income >
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