grow

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈɡɹəʊ/|/ˈɡɹɵ̞ʊ/    美 /ˈɡɹoʊ/|/ˈɡɹɔʊ̯/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To become larger, to increase in magnitude. ergative
    — Children grow quickly.
  2. To undergo growth; to be present (somewhere) ergative
    — Apples now grow all over the world.
  3. To appear or sprout. intransitive
    — Leaf buds grew on the trees with the advance of spring.
  4. To develop, to mature. intransitive
    — As I grew throughout adolescence, I came to appreciate many things about human nature.
  5. To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants. transitive
    — He grows peppers and squash each summer in his garden.
  6. To assume a condition or quality over time. copulative
    — Near-synonyms: become, get, go, turn, come, fall, wax
  7. To become attached or fixed; to adhere. intransitive,obsolete
    — Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow.

词形变化

grows present,singular,third-person growing participle,present grew past growed dialectal,past grown participle,past growed dialectal,participle,past growe alternative,archaic

词汇关系

反义词
shrink
衍生词
absence makes the heart grow fonder Babygro degrow edgrow ever-growing fast-growing forgrow fungus-growing ant great oaks from little acorns grow growability growable grow a custom grow a pair grow apart grow a set grow a tail grow away from growbag grow box grow cold growed grower growery grow house growing media growing moon growing pains growing point growing teratoma syndrome grow into grow light grow like a weed growmore grown-up grow on grow op grow-op grow operation grow out grow out of grow room growsome grow some balls grow some skin growstones growth grow up hear the grass grow ingrow intergrow kneegrow laugh and grow fat let the grass grow round one's feet let the grass grow under one's feet low-growing mighty oaks from little acorns grow misgrow money doesn't grow on trees not grow on trees outgrow overgrow regrow tall oaks from little acorns grow the fox may grow grey but never good undergrow ungrow upgrow watch grass grow

词源

From Middle English growen, from Old English grōwan (“to grow, increase, flourish, germinate”), from Proto-West Germanic *grōan, from Proto-Germanic *grōaną (“to grow, grow green”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow, become green”).
Cognates
Cognate with Dutch groeien (“to grow”), German Low German grojen (“to green; thrive; take hold; flourish”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish gro (“to grow”), Faroese grógva (“to grow”), Icelandic gróa (“to grow”); also Latin grāmen (“grass, turf; herb, plant”), herba (“grass, herbage; weeds; plant”), Ukrainian гря́ний (hrjányj, “green”). Related to growth, grass, green.
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