| 单词 | to grow on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto grow on ΘΚΠ the world > time > [verb (intransitive)] > press on or advance to grow on1603 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 287 For Winter was now growne on. 1615 W. Bedwell tr. Mohammedis Imposturæ i. §39 The night groweth on. a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Knight of Malta ii. iii, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Kkkkk3/1 Ye know my businesse, I must leave ye Sir, My houre grows on a pace. 1655 Theophania vi. 182 The winter growing on, for the present [he] desisted from any further enterprise. 1695 Earl of Essex Lett. (1770) 265 I see such multitudes of perplexities growing on. to grow on g. to grow on, to keep (seedling plants) in suitable situations or conditions as they develop to maturity. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > [verb (transitive)] > cultivate seedlings to maturity to call ona1592 to grow on1947 1947 R. P. Faulkner Commerc. Hort. xix. 134 They [sc. cinerarias] should then be transferred to cooler conditions, and may eventually be grown on in frames. 1971 L. N. Flawn & V. L. Flawn Gardening under Glass xvii. 208 In March move [the Cape primroses] into 5 or 6 in. pots and grow on in a cool temperature. < as lemmas |
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