sprout
英[sprəʊt]
美[spraʊt]
- vi. 发芽；长芽
- vt. 使发芽；使萌芽
- n. 芽；萌芽；苗芽
- n. (Sprout)人名；(英)斯普劳特
词态变化
复数: sprouts;第三人称单数: sprouts;过去式: sprouted;过去分词: sprouted;现在分词: sprouting;
助记提示
1. r 是花，发芽.
2. 专家种的花长出来了.
3. 有花儿是发芽(sprout), 无花儿是喷发、喷射(spout).
中文词源
sprout 喷，涌，发芽，出现，涌现来自古英语-sprutan,发芽，出现，来自 Proto-Germanic*sprut,发芽，来自 PIE*spreud,发芽， 来自 PIE*sper,喷，洒，播种，词源同 spark,sprinkle.引申诸相关词义。
英文词源
- sprout (v.)
- Old English -sprutan (in asprutan "to sprout"), from Proto-Germanic *sprut- (cognates: Old Saxon sprutan, Old Frisian spruta, Middle Dutch spruten, Old High German spriozan, German sprießen "to sprout"), from PIE *spreud-, extended form of root *sper- (4) "to strew" (cognates: Greek speirein "to scatter," spora "a scattering, sowing," sperma "sperm, seed," literally "that which is scattered;" Old English spreawlian "to sprawl," sprædan "to spread," spreot "pole;" Armenian sprem "scatter;" Old Lithuanian sprainas "staring, opening wide one's eyes;" Lettish spriežu "I span, I measure"). Related: Sprouted; sprouting.
- sprout (n.)
- "shoot of a plant, sprout; a twig," Old English sprota, from the verb (see sprout (v.)). Cognate with Middle Dutch spruyte, Dutch spruite "a sprout," Old Norse sproti, German Sproß.
双语例句
- 1. It only takes a few days for beans to sprout.
- 豆子只要几天就能发芽。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. When you sprout seeds their nutritional content increases.
- 让种子发芽后，其营养含量会提高。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. When the seedlings sprout, uncover the tray.
- 秧苗发芽后，就把盘子上的盖子拿掉。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. At the age of fourteen John really began to sprout up.
- 约翰在14岁时真正开始发育.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. When do deer first sprout horns?
- 鹿在多大的时候开始长出角?
来自《简明英汉词典》