sprout

noun

1. a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed)

2. any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud

verb

1. put forth and grow sprouts or shoots

e.g. the plant sprouted early this year

Synonym: stock

2. produce buds, branches, or germinate

e.g. the potatoes sprouted

Synonym: shootspudgerminatepullulatebourgeonburgeon forth

1. (植物、蔬菜、种子)发芽，抽芽，长芽
When plants, vegetables, or seeds sprout, they produce new shoots or leaves.

e.g. It only takes a few days for beans to sprout.
豆子只要几天就能发芽。

2. (叶子、芽或植株)生长
When leaves, shoots, or plants sprout somewhere, they grow there.

e.g. Leaf-shoots were beginning to sprout on the hawthorn...
山楂树上开始长出叶芽。
e.g. Birch trees sprouted from the rubble and grew into a dense young wood.
桦树从瓦砾中长出来，形成了一片茂密的新林。

3. 使生长
If a garden or other area of land sprouts plants, they start to grow there.

e.g. ...the garden, which had had time to sprout a shocking collection of weeds.
久而久之便野草丛生的花园

4. (出于食用目的)使(豆子、种子等)发芽
If you sprout beans or seeds, you make them grow small shoots before eating them. You usually do this by soaking them in water.

e.g. When you sprout seeds their nutritional content increases...
让种子发芽后，其营养含量会提高。
e.g. Sprouted beans only need to be cooked for 1-2 minutes.
豆芽只需烹炒一到两分钟。

5. (毛发等)生长，长出
If something such as hair sprouts from a person or animal, or if they sprout it, it grows on them.

e.g. She is very old now, with little, round, wire-rimmed glasses and whiskers sprouting from her chin...
她现在很老了，戴着圆圆的金属架小眼镜，下巴上还长出了胡须。
e.g. As well as sprouting a few grey hairs, Kevin seems to be suffering the occasional memory loss.
除长出了些许白发外，凯文似乎还患上了间歇性失忆。

6. 大量涌现;迅猛发展
If a large number of things have appeared or developed somewhere, you can say that they have sprouted there or that the place has sprouted them.

e.g. More than a million satellite dishes have sprouted on homes across the country...
100 多万个卫星接收器迅速出现在了全国各地的家庭用户中。
e.g. Since its first shop was opened in 1976, it has sprouted outlets in 39 countries.
自从 1976 年开设第一家店以来，它已经在 39 个国家里开设了大量分店。

7. 抱子甘蓝;球芽甘蓝
Sprouts are vegetables that look like tiny cabbages. They are also called brussels sprouts .

8. 新芽;子苗;嫩枝
Sprouts are new shoots on plants.

sprout的近义词

e.g. After eleven days of growth the number of sprouts was counted.
经过11天的生长后，对新芽的数量进行了计数。

1. 新芽：研究证实,在周围神经损伤后,其形成的新芽(sprout)对α肾上腺素能激动剂非常敏感,并且还发现背根神经节上存在有α肾上腺素能受体,背根节与交感神经传出纤维终末之间形成了神经支配,这意味着交感神经传出纤维的活动能使周围传入纤维的活动和反应发生异常.

2. 发芽：Furion的发芽(Sprout)技能的问题.修正了一个潜在的时间漫游(Time Walk)的问题.修正了一个会造成永久的黑夜的问题.修正了一些罕见的关于黑洞(Black Hole)和极寒领域(Freezing Field)的问题.增加一些代码帮助防止单个玩家得到多个英雄的问题.修正了火焰气息(Breath of Fire)和醉酒云雾(Drunken Haze)会造成持续减少生命值情况

3. 萌芽：一方面受到影响--一个是艺术家兼导演托马斯-坎贝尔(Thomas Campbell,他执导的影片<>(Sprout)主要使用Mojave 3以及Halstead的音乐)的作品,一个是奇特诡异的音乐影像<>(Breaking The Ice),由新兴的Bradley Beesley导演.

4. 芽：此外,和美国萌芽(Sprout)公司联合出版的<>,在2008年奥运会期间,被美国奥组委指定为美国运动员的汉语学习手册. 说起外向型图书的现状,副社长张健的语气里充满了自信.