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sprout 音标拼音: [spr'ɑʊt] n. 芽,萌芽
vt. 使发芽,摘去芽
vi. 长芽,抽条 芽,萌芽使发芽,摘去芽长芽,抽条 sprout n 1: any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud 2: a newly grown bud ( especially from a germinating seed) v 1: produce buds, branches, or germinate; " the potatoes sprouted" [ synonym: { shoot}, { spud}, { germinate}, { pullulate}, { bourgeon}, { burgeon forth}, { sprout}] 2: put forth and grow sprouts or shoots; " the plant sprouted early this year" [ synonym: { sprout}, { stock}] Sprout \ Sprout\ ( sprout), v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Sprouted}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Sprouting}.] [ OE. sprouten, spruten; akin to OFries. spr[= u] ta, AS. spre[' o] tan, D. spruiten, G. spriessen, Sw. spruta to squirt, to spout. Cf. { Sprit}, v. t. & i., { Sprit} a spar, { Spout}, v. t., { Spurt}.] 1. To shoot, as the seed of a plant; to germinate; to push out new shoots; hence, to grow like shoots of plants. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To shoot into ramifications. [ Obs.] -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster]
Sprout \ Sprout\, v. t. 1. To cause to sprout; as, the rain will sprout the seed. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To deprive of sprouts; as, to sprout potatoes. [ 1913 Webster]
Sprout \ Sprout\, n. [ Cf. AS. sprote a sprout, sprig; akin to Icel. sproti, G. sprosse. See { Sprout}, v. i.] 1. The shoot of a plant; a shoot from the seed, from the stump, or from the root or tuber, of a plant or tree; more rarely, a shoot from the stem of a plant, or the end of a branch. [ 1913 Webster] 2. pl. Young coleworts; Brussels sprouts. -- Johnson. [ 1913 Webster] { Brussels sprouts} ( Bot.) See under { Brussels}. [ 1913 Webster] 125 Moby Thesaurus words for " sprout": accrue from, adventurer, arise, arise from, be contingent on, be due to, begin, bine, bloom, blossom, bough, bourgeois gentilhomme, branch, branchedness, branchiness, brew, bud, bud from, burgeon, burst forth, come from, come out of, come up, deadwood, depend on, derive from, descend from, develop, emanate from, emerge from, ensue from, filiation, flagellum, flourish, flow from, flower, follow from, fork, frond, gather, gemmate, germinate, germinate from, grow, grow from, grow out of, grow rank, grow up, hang on, hinge on, hypertrophy, increase, issue from, leaf, leaf out, leave, limb, luxuriate, mature, mushroom, name- dropper, newly- rich, nouveau riche, nouveau roturier, offset, offshoot, originate in, outgrow, overdevelop, overgrow, overrun, overtop, parvenu, pig in clover, proceed from, procreate, pullulate, put forth, put forth leaves, put out buds, ramage, ramification, reproduce, riot, root, runner, sapling, sarment, scion, seedling, set, shoot, shoot up, slip, social climber, spear, spray, sprig, spring from, spring up, sprit, sprout from, sprout up, status seeker, stem from, stolon, strike root, sucker, switch, take root, tendril, thallus, thrive, tower, tufthunter, turn on, twig, upshoot, upspear, upspring, upsprout, upstart, vegetate, wax, would- be gentleman
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