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单词 germinate
释义
germinate
verb
uk
/ˈdʒɜː.mɪ.neɪt/us
/ˈdʒɝː.mə.neɪt/

germinateverb(SEED)

[IorT]biologyspecialized
to (causeaseedto)startgrowing:
（使）（种子）发芽，萌芽；（使）开始生长
Thebeanswill only germinate if thetemperatureiswarmenough.豆子只有在温度足够高时才会发芽。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Plant reproduction
  • asexuality
  • asexually
  • barren
  • barrenness
  • breeder
  • cross-pollination
  • endosperm
  • pollen
  • pollinate
  • pollination
  • pollinator
  • propagate
  • propagation
  • propagative
  • siltation
  • sporangium
  • spore
  • stigma
  • unfruitful
  • wind pollination
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germinateverb(IDEA)

[I]
tostartdeveloping:
开始形成；萌发
Ifeltanideagerminating in myhead/mind.我感到一个想法开始在脑海中萌生。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Starting and beginning
  • be in the first flush ofidiom
  • be/get in on the ground flooridiom
  • become
  • begin
  • branch out
  • develop
  • export
  • get down to businessidiom
  • grow
  • half-cock
  • here
  • here goes!idiom
  • hit the ground runningidiom
  • stirring
  • strike
  • strike out(somewhere)
  • stuck
  • stumble intosomething
  • swing into actionidiom
  • the ground floor
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Related word

germination
(Definition ofgerminatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

germinate| American Dictionary

germinate
verb[I/T]
us
/ˈdʒɜr·məˌneɪt/
tostartgrowing, or tocauseaseedtostartgrowing:
[I]Thiscommunityis where theseedsof Gandhi’sphilosophygerminated.
(Definition ofgerminatefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgerminate

germinate
Seeds made water-permeable by boiling imbibed water, and thus germinated, at a much slower rate than those made water-permeable by mechanical scarification.
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Only two of 221 seeds (<1%) monitored beneath the study tree or in the experimental plots germinated, one after its seed coat was damaged.
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In this experiment, 4 replicate batches of 100 seeds of each treatment combination were stored and after treatment seeds were germinated as described above.
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None of the untreated seeds germinated, although all appeared healthy when cut open at the end of the experiment.
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Between 60 and 80 % of seeds germinated after six months storage at 12.8 % moisture content.
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At the commencement of the emergence trial, germinated seeds (radicle protrusion of 1-2 mm) were selected from each treatment and planted.
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Under aerobic conditions, seeds germinated more rapidly at lower salinity.
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Seeds with radicles 2 mm were considered to be germinated and thus discontinued for the imbibition tests.
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None of the caryopses matured in this regime germinated at zero time compared with an initial germination of 42% for the well-watered control.
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Under these conditions the hydropriming pretreatment could be prolonged up to 5 d since none of the seeds germinated by this time.
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The majority of the seeds germinated within 7 d of being exposed to the alternating temperature/light regimes.
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Germination trials were continued for a period of 30 days, during which time seeds were examined every second day and germinated seeds counted and removed.
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Aged seeds were less vigorous, but they were not dead since they had almost all germinated after 7 d (results not shown).
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Because the latter phenomenon is so closely tied to environmental attributes, the physical surroundings of germinating seeds will be discussed first.
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A favourite experimental system for these studies has been the germinating seed.
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