sprout

Word family adjectivesproutednounsproutsprouting

Related topics: Plants

sprout1 /spraʊt/ verb

1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]HBPGROW/GET BIGGER if vegetables, seeds, or plants sprout, they start to grow, producing shoots, buds, or leaves 〔蔬菜、种子、植物〕发芽，抽芽；开始长出〔叶子〕

Move the pots outside when the seeds begin to sprout.

种子开始发芽时把盆搬到外面去。

Trees were starting to sprout new leaves.

树上开始抽出新叶。

2 [intransitiveI] (also sprout up)APPEAR to appear suddenly in large numbers 突然大量出现，大量冒出

Office blocks are sprouting up everywhere.

到处都有办公大楼冒出来。

3 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]GROW/GET BIGGER if something such as hair sprouts or if you sprout it, it starts to grow 〔头发等〕开始长出；〔某人〕开始长〔毛发等〕

Jim seemed to have sprouted a beard.

吉姆好像长出胡子了。

Examples from the Corpus

sprout• But even the grass roots of the club are sprouting.• Jim seemed to have sprouted a beard overnight.• He was standing in the centre of the corridor with sheaves of documents sprouting from his fists.• Early potatoes should be sprouted indoors now to go out in spring.• Dark hair sprouted off the stump as if off a swollen knuckle.• The end started around the time our subjects sprouted the slightest of facial hair.• Weeds are starting to sprout through cracks in the sidewalk.• Superior products would evolve and stiff competition would sprout up as Roundup patent protections expired around the globe.• Beyond her kitchen window, crocuses sprouted up from the grass, bright as doubloons, orange and heliotrope.

单词	sprout
释义	sprout Word family adjectivesproutednounsproutsprouting Related topics: Plants sprout1 /spraʊt/ verb 1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]HBPGROW/GET BIGGER if vegetables, seeds, or plants sprout, they start to grow, producing shoots, buds, or leaves 〔蔬菜、种子、植物〕发芽，抽芽；开始长出〔叶子〕 Move the pots outside when the seeds begin to sprout. 种子开始发芽时把盆搬到外面去。 Trees were starting to sprout new leaves. 树上开始抽出新叶。 2 [intransitiveI] (also sprout up)APPEAR to appear suddenly in large numbers 突然大量出现，大量冒出 Office blocks are sprouting up everywhere. 到处都有办公大楼冒出来。 3 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]GROW/GET BIGGER if something such as hair sprouts or if you sprout it, it starts to grow 〔头发等〕开始长出；〔某人〕开始长〔毛发等〕 Jim seemed to have sprouted a beard. 吉姆好像长出胡子了。 Examples from the Corpus sprout• But even the grass roots of the club are sprouting.• Jim seemed to have sprouted a beard overnight.• He was standing in the centre of the corridor with sheaves of documents sprouting from his fists.• Early potatoes should be sprouted indoors now to go out in spring.• Dark hair sprouted off the stump as if off a swollen knuckle.• The end started around the time our subjects sprouted the slightest of facial hair.• Weeds are starting to sprout through cracks in the sidewalk.• Superior products would evolve and stiff competition would sprout up as Roundup patent protections expired around the globe.• Beyond her kitchen window, crocuses sprouted up from the grass, bright as doubloons, orange and heliotrope. Related topics: Food, Plants, Crops sprout2 noun [countableC] 1. DFHBP especially British EnglishBrE a small green vegetable like a very small cabbage 球芽甘蓝 SYN brussels sprout →5 see picture at 见图 vegetable1 2. HBPa new growth on a plant 〔植物的〕苗；芽，嫩枝 SYN shoot 3. [usually plural] American EnglishAmEDF an alfalfa seed which has grown a stem and is eaten 〔可食的〕苜蓿芽 4. [usually plural] American EnglishAmEHBPDF a beansprout 豆芽 Examples from the Corpus sprout• A sprout can take just so much and then no more.• Add bean sprouts and cook another half minute. Origin sprout1 Old English sprutan
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