sprout
柯林斯词典
1. V-I When plants, vegetables, or seeds sprout, they produce new shoots or leaves. (植物、蔬菜、種子) 發芽
It only takes a few days for beans to sprout. 豆子衹需幾天就會發芽。
2. V-I When leaves, shoots, or plants sprout somewhere, they grow there. (葉子、芽、植株) 長出
Leaf-shoots were beginning to sprout on the hawthorn. 葉芽開始在山楂樹上長出來。
3. V-T/V-I If something such as hair sprouts from a person or animal, or if they sprout it, it grows on them. (人、動物) 長出 (毛發等); (毛發等) 長出來[no passive]
She is very old now, with little, round, wire-rimmed glasses and whiskers sprouting from her chin. 她現在很老了，戴著小而圓的金屬絲框眼鏡，下巴長出了衚須。
4. N-COUNT Sprouts are vegetables that look like tiny cabbages. They are also called brussels sprouts. 抱子甘藍[usu pl]
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sprout /spraʊt/ (sprouting,sprouted,sprouts)
剑桥词典
- [ 不及物動詞：後麪不接賓語的動詞 or 及物動詞：後麪接賓語的動詞 ]
to produce leaves , hair , or other new developing parts , or (of leaves , hair , and other developing parts ) to begin to grow
發（芽），抽（芽）；長出（毛發等）；（葉、毛發等）生長
It takes about three days for the seeds to sprout. 這些種子大概要3天時間才會發芽。
Your hair is sticking up - it looks like you're sprouting horns ! 你的頭發竪起來了——看上去跟長了角似的！
[ 不及物動詞：後麪不接賓語的動詞 ] informal (also sprout up)
If a large number of things sprout (up), they suddenly appear or begin to exist .
湧現；突然出現
New factories have sprouted up everywhere . 新工廠如雨後春筍般地四処湧現。 返回 sprout