Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense, 3rd person singular present tense sprouts, present participle sprouting, past tense, past participle sprouted
1VERB (植物、蔬菜、种子)发芽,抽芽,长芽 When plants, vegetables, or seeds sprout, they produce new shoots or leaves. (植物、蔬菜、种子)发芽,抽芽,长芽
It only takes a few days for beans to sprout. [VERB]
3VERB [no passive]使生长 If a garden or other area of land sprouts plants, they start to grow there. 使生长
...the garden, which had had time to sprout a shocking collection of weeds. [VERB noun]
久而久之便野草丛生的花园
4VERB (出于食用目的)使(豆子、种子等)发芽 If you sprout beans or seeds, you make them grow small shoots before eating them. You usually do this by soaking them in water. (出于食用目的)使(豆子、种子等)发芽
When you sprout seeds their nutritional content increases. [VERB noun]
让种子发芽后,其营养含量会提高。
Sprouted beans only need to be cooked for 1-2 minutes. [VERB-ed]
豆芽只需烹炒一到两分钟。
5V-ERG [no passive](毛发等)生长,长出 If something such as hair sprouts from a person or animal, or if they sprout it, it grows on them. (毛发等)生长,长出
She is very old now, with little, round, wire-rimmed glasses and whiskers sprouting from her chin. [VERB prep.]
她现在很老了,戴着圆圆的金属架小眼镜,下巴上还长出了胡须。
As well as sprouting a few grey hairs, Kevin seems to be suffering the occasional memory loss. [VERB noun]
除长出了些许白发外,凯文似乎还患上了间歇性失忆。
6V-ERG 大量涌现;迅猛发展 If a large number of things have appeared or developed somewhere, you can say that they have sprouted there or that the place has sprouted them. 大量涌现;迅猛发展 [Also VERB]
More than a million satellite dishes have sprouted on homes across the country. [VERB adv./prep.]
100 多万个卫星接收器迅速出现在了全国各地的家庭用户中。
Since its first shop was opened in 1976, it has sprouted outlets in 39 countries. [VERB noun]