| 单词 | sprout |
| 释义 | sprout I. intransitive verb 1. a. < vegetation that sprouted in a dried-up watercourse — Francis King > < feathers do not sprout uniformly, but grow in patches — J.M.Downs > < bowler hats banished by the war have been seen sprouting like mushrooms — Britain Today > < parodies sprouted like weeds — J.D.Hart > — often used with from, out, or up < a long, lean individual with whitish stubble sprouting from his lantern jaw — F.V.W.Mason > < limbs sprouting out two hundred feet from the ground — Norman Mailer > < giant shopping centers that have sprouted up across the country — Newsweek > b. < in that area the young grass sprouts at least a month earlier — James Stevenson-Hamilton > < the bright green of the sprouting bracken — Algernon Blackwood > < potatoes kept too warm will sprout prematurely > 2. transitive verb 1. a. < trees sprouting their new green leaves > < jurors who sprout beards during overnight deliberations — New York Times Magazine > b. < the big rainy season … is as necessary for sprouting the seeds of the saguaro — D.C.Peattie > 2. < rooftops began to sprout antennae — American Guide Series: Washington > < the same soil can seemingly sprout suburban homes of rare beauty — E.H.Pickering > < may be sprouting neuroses like dandelions — G.W.Johnson > II. 1. a. b. c. 2. a. < a sprout who wants to go to school but isn't old enough — New Yorker > < hanging around to listen were young sprouts, 16, 18, seldom 20 — Mari Sandoz > < was now the turn of these young sprouts to get their ears beaten back — Key Reporter > b. < small sprouts of liberal thought and practice make their appearance — L.S.Fever > < new sprouts included the only large aviation gas refinery — E.O.Hauser > 3. sprouts plural a. b. c. 4. III. obsolete |
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