sprout

• vi. 发芽；长芽
• vt. 使发芽；使萌芽
• n. 芽；萌芽；苗芽
• n. (Sprout)人名；(英)斯普劳特

1. any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud

2. a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed)

Most seeds can wait out the dry, unwelcoming seasons until conditions are right and they sprout.

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new leaves sprouting from the trees

树上长出的新叶

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The seeds will sprout in a few days.

这些种子几天后就会发芽。

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Hundreds of mushrooms had sprouted up overnight.

一夜之间长出来好几百朵蘑菇。

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The town has sprouted shopping malls, discos and nightclubs in recent years.

最近几年，城里涌现出不少购物中心、迪斯科舞厅和夜总会。

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Tim has sprouted a beard since we last saw him.

我们上次见到蒂姆以后，蒂姆长出了胡子。

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Hair sprouted from his chest.

他胸前长出了毛。

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It only takes a few days for beans to sprout.

豆子只要几天就能发芽。

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Leaf-shoots were beginning to sprout on the hawthorn...

山楂树上开始长出叶芽。

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Birch trees sprouted from the rubble and grew into a dense young wood.

桦树从瓦砾中长出来，形成了一片茂密的新林。

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...the garden, which had had time to sprout a shocking collection of weeds.

久而久之便野草丛生的花园

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When you sprout seeds their nutritional content increases...

让种子发芽后，其营养含量会提高。

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Sprouted beans only need to be cooked for 1-2 minutes.

豆芽只需烹炒一到两分钟。

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She is very old now, with little, round, wire-rimmed glasses and whiskers sprouting from her chin...

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。

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As well as sprouting a few grey hairs, Kevin seems to be suffering the occasional memory loss.

除长出了些许白发外，凯文似乎还患上了间歇性失忆。

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More than a million satellite dishes have sprouted on homes across the country...

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。

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Since its first shop was opened in 1976, it has sprouted outlets in 39 countries.

自从 1976 年开设第一家店以来，它已经在 39 个国家里开设了大量分店。

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After eleven days of growth the number of sprouts was counted.

经过11天的生长后，对新芽的数量进行了计数。

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Photinia sprout strong, suitable for modeling, can be cultivated itself into a variety of forms.

石楠萌芽力强, 适于造型, 可修成各种形态.

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TYPICAL USE : After a spring rain, leaves began to sprout from trees.

一场小小的春雨后, 树木开始长出新芽.

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Soyabean sprout is also called Ruyi dish.

黄豆芽又叫如意菜.

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Your teaching will sprout and someday become strong trees.

您的教导定会使种子发芽并长成大树.

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Bean sprout can prevent the formation of flecks and dark pigmentation and whiten the skin.

豆芽可以防止雀斑、黑斑,使皮肤变白.

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Use: Spikes sprout from you causing 25 Nature damage to attackers when hit. Lasts 30 sec.

使用: 对周围攻击你的敌人造成25点自然伤害,持续30秒. 冷却3分钟.

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They sprout share the same fate all their life till their death.

它们同时发芽,终生共命运,直到死亡.

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Potatoes sprout twice a year.

马铃薯一年发两次芽.

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Strongly alkaline food: grape, tea leave, grape wine, kelp sprout, kelp, etc.

强硷性食品: 葡萄 、 茶叶 、 葡萄酒 、 海带芽 、 海带等.

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来自古英语-sprutan,发芽，出现，来自 Proto-Germanic*sprut,发芽，来自 PIE*spreud,发芽， 来自 PIE*sper,喷，洒，播种，词源同 spark,sprinkle.引申诸相关词义。

1. It only takes a few days for beans to sprout.

豆子只要几天就能发芽。

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2. When you sprout seeds their nutritional content increases.

让种子发芽后，其营养含量会提高。

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3. When the seedlings sprout, uncover the tray.

秧苗发芽后，就把盘子上的盖子拿掉。

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4. At the age of fourteen John really began to sprout up.

约翰在14岁时真正开始发育.

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5. When do deer first sprout horns?

鹿在多大的时候开始长出角?

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sprout (v.)

Old English -sprutan (in asprutan "to sprout"), from Proto-Germanic *sprut- (cognates: Old Saxon sprutan, Old Frisian spruta, Middle Dutch spruten, Old High German spriozan, German sprießen "to sprout"), from PIE *spreud-, extended form of root *sper- (4) "to strew" (cognates: Greek speirein "to scatter," spora "a scattering, sowing," sperma "sperm, seed," literally "that which is scattered;" Old English spreawlian "to sprawl," sprædan "to spread," spreot "pole;" Armenian sprem "scatter;" Old Lithuanian sprainas "staring, opening wide one's eyes;" Lettish spriežu "I span, I measure"). Related: Sprouted; sprouting.

sprout (n.)

"shoot of a plant, sprout; a twig," Old English sprota, from the verb (see sprout (v.)). Cognate with Middle Dutch spruyte, Dutch spruite "a sprout," Old Norse sproti, German Sproß.