sprout

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
美 /spɹaʊt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A new growth of or on a plant, whether from seed or other parts.
  2. A germinated seed, an incipient young plant.
    — Near-synonyms: seedling, chit
  3. A germinated seed, an incipient young plant.; An edible variety of such, grown and intended as food; examples include bean, alfalfa, kale, and others.
  4. A germinated seed, an incipient young plant.; An edible variety of such, grown and intended as food; examples include bean, alfalfa, kale, and others.; A bean sprout.
  5. A child. figuratively,informal
    — Oh my, how your sprouts have grown!
  6. A Brussels sprout.
    — In our family we only eat sprouts once a year, at Christmas.
动词 v.
  1. To grow from seed; to germinate. intransitive
    — The crocuses should be sprouting after 2 months, provided they're well tended.
  2. To cause to grow from a seed. transitive
    — I sprouted beans and radishes and put them in my salad.
  3. To deprive of sprouts. transitive
    — to sprout potatoes
  4. To emerge from the ground as sprouts. intransitive
  5. To emerge haphazardly from a surface. figuratively,intransitive
    — Whiskers sprouted from the old man's chin.
  6. To emerge or appear haphazardly. figuratively,intransitive
    — A lot of coffee shops have sprouted up in this neighbourhood since the block of flats was put up.

词形变化

sprouts plural sprouts present,singular,third-person sprouting participle,present sprouted participle,past sprouted past

词汇关系

近义词
ackerspyre
衍生词
coconut sprout sproutless sproutling sprouty watersprout asprout nonsprouting resprout sproutage sproutarian sprouter sprout up unsprouting upsprout
相关词
malt malted unsprouted brussel sprout

词源

词源 1
From Middle English sproute, either from Middle English sprouten (“to sprout”) (see below); or from Middle Dutch sprute or Middle Low German sprûte (“sprout”), all related to Proto-West Germanic *spreutan. Doublet of spruit.
词源 2
From Middle English sprouten, spruten, from Old English sprūtan, from Proto-West Germanic *spreutan, from Proto-Germanic *spreutaną.
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