英语单词

sprout是什么意思

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

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》

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