growth

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ɡɹəʊθ/    美 /ɡɹoʊθ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An increase in size, number, value, or strength. countable,uncountable
    — It may be that a free society as we have known it carries in itself the forces of its own destruction, that once freedom has been achieved it is taken for granted and ceases to be valued, and that the free growth of ideas which is the essence of a free society will bring about the destruction of the foundations on which it depends.
  2. Ellipsis of economic growth. abbreviation,alt-of,countable,ellipsis,uncountable
    — Growth was dampened by a softening of the global economy in 2001, but picked up in the subsequent years due to strong growth in China.
  3. An increase in psychological strength or resilience; an increased ability to overcome adversity. countable,uncountable
    — Struggle, disappointment, and criticism all contribute to a person's growth.
  4. The act of growing, getting bigger or higher. countable,uncountable
  5. Something that grows or has grown. countable,uncountable
    — Scary-looking rabbits were hopping around Fort Collins. These weren’t your standard cute, fluffy bunnies; they had horn-like growths protruding from their faces and bodies.
  6. An abnormal mass such as a tumor. countable,uncountable

词形变化

growths plural

词汇关系

近义词
cancer mass
反义词
contraction decrease decrement reduction nondevelopment
衍生词
aftergrowth antigrowth autogrowth bottom growth bovine growth hormone chain growth polymerization cogrowth degrowth diauxic growth economic growth edgrowth epigrowth establishment growth exponential growth geometric growth grand period of growth growth arrest line growth cone growth factor growth form growthful growth hacker growth hacking growth hormone growth investing growthism growthist growthless growthmania growth medium growth mindset growth plate growth rate growth retardation growth-retarding growth ring growthsome growth spurt growth stock growthwise growthy hemiperipheral growth high-growth holoperipheral growth hypergrowth ingrowth intergrowth logistic growth macrogrowth megagrowth microgrowth misgrowth mixoperipheral growth negative growth nerve growth factor nongrowth old-growth old-growth forest organic growth outgrowth overgrowth postgrowth regrowth second-growth forest slowth spring growth supergrowth undergrowth upgrowth vascular endothelial growth factor zero growth zero population growth

词源

From grow + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Compare Old Frisian grēd ("meadow, pasture"; > North Frisian greyde (“growth, pasture”)), Middle High German gruote, gruot (“greens, fresh growth, shoot”), Old Norse gróðr ("growth, crop"; > Faroese grøði, Danish grøde (“fruits”), Swedish gröda (“crop, harvest”)). More at grow.
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