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- a living organism of the kind exemplified by trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, ferns, and mosses, typically growing in a permanent site, absorbing water and inorganic substances through their roots, and synthesizing nutrients in their leaves by photosynthesis using the green pigment chlorophyll植物。
1.1
- a small organism of this kind, as distinct from a shrub or tree草本植物：
garden plants.
园艺草本植物。
Plants differ from animals in lacking specialized sense organs, having no capacity for voluntary movement, having cell walls, and growing to suit their surroundings rather than having a fixed body plan.
2
- a place where an industrial or manufacturing process takes place工厂：
a giant car plant.
大型汽车厂。
2.1
- mass noun machinery used in an industrial or manufacturing process设备, 设施; 成套机械, 成套装置：
inadequate investment in new plant.
在新设备上的投资不足。
3
- a person placed in a group as a spy or informer密探, 间谍, 奸细, 内线：
we thought he was a CIA plant spreading disinformation.
我们认为他是散布假情报的中央情报局间谍。
3.1
- a thing put among someone's belongings to incriminate or compromise them栽赃物。
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- Snooker a shot in which the cue ball is made to strike one of two touching or nearly touching balls with the result that the second is potted【斯诺克】击接触球犯规（母球在打两个接触球或几近接触球中的一个时, 将另一个球误打入袋）。
with obj.
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- place (a seed, bulb, or plant) in the ground so that it can grow栽种, 播种。
1.1
- place a seed, bulb, or plant in (a place) to grow（把种子、球茎或植物）栽在…里, 在…内种上：
the garden is planted with herbs.
花园里种上了草本作物。
1.2
plant something out
place a plant in the ground out of doors so it can grow, especially after growing it from seed in an indoor environment（尤指将室内环境里从种子发育起来的植物）移栽, 移植（室外）。
1.3
- informal bury (someone)〈非正式〉埋葬（人）。
2
- with obj. and adverbial of place place or fix in a specified position放置, 安置：
she planted a kiss on his cheek.
她亲吻了一下他的面颊。
2.1
plant oneself
position oneself倚靠, 占据位置：she planted herself on the arm of his chair.
她倚靠在他的椅子扶手上。
2.2
- establish (an idea) in someone's mind树立, 注入, 灌输：
the seed of doubt is planted in his mind.
怀疑的种子已经播进了他的心灵。
2.3
- secretly place (a bomb that is set to go off at a later time)偷偷安放（定时炸弹）。
2.4
- put or hide (something) among someone's belongings to compromise or incriminate the owner藏入（赃物）, 栽（赃）：
he planted cannabis on him to extort a bribe.
他在他身上藏入大麻以逼取贿赂。
2.5
- send (someone) to join a group or organization to act as a spy or informer布置, 安插（间谍, 奸细）。
2.6
- found or establish (a colony, city, or community)创建, 建立（殖民地, 城市, 社区）。
2.7
- deposit (young fish, spawn, oysters, etc.) in a river or lake（在河流或湖泊中）放养（鱼苗、鱼卵、牡蛎等）。
短语
have （或keep） one's feet firmly planted on the ground
- be (or remain) level-headed and sensible保持冷静, 保持理智。
派生词
plantable
adjectiveplantlet
nounplant-like
adjective词源
Old English plante 'seedling'， plantian (verb)， from Latin planta 'sprout， cutting' （later influenced by French plante） and plantare 'plant， fix in a place'.