sprout
verb
uk/spraʊt/us/spraʊt/[IorT]
toproduceleaves,hair, or other newdevelopingparts, or (ofleaves,hair, and otherdevelopingparts) tobegintogrow:
发(芽),抽(芽);长出(毛发等);(叶、毛发等)生长Ittakesabout threedaysfor theseedsto sprout.这些种子大概要3天时间才会发芽。
Yourhairisstickingup - itlookslike you're sproutinghorns!你的头发竖起来了——看上去跟长了角似的!
[I]informal(alsosprout up)
If alargenumberof things sprout (up), theysuddenlyappearorbegintoexist:
涌现;突然出现Newfactorieshave sprouted upeverywhere.新工厂如雨后春笋般地四处涌现。
New growth in plants
- bud
- coccygeus
- collateral
- colli
- colliculus
- collum
- commissure
- communis
- compartment
- complement system
- established
- eye
- nutrient cycling
- resprout
- shoot
- sucker
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sprout
noun[C]
uk/spraʊt/us/spraʊt/apartof aplantthat is justbeginningtogrow
苗;新芽;嫩枝![picture of sprout picture of sprout](https://dictionary.cambridge.org//images/thumb/sprout_noun_002_35386.jpg?version=5.0.287)
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mainlyUK
aBrussels sprout
球芽甘蓝;抱子甘蓝![picture of sprout picture of sprout](https://dictionary.cambridge.org//images/thumb/Brusse_noun_002_04732_2.jpg?version=5.0.287)
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New growth in plants
- bud
- coccygeus
- collateral
- colli
- colliculus
- collum
- commissure
- communis
- compartment
- complement system
- established
- eye
- nutrient cycling
- resprout
- shoot
- sucker
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