英语词汇“germinate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

germinategerminate /ˈdʒɚməˌneɪt/ verb

ETYMOLOGYgerminate

Origin: 1500-1600 Latin, past participle of germinare to start to grow, from germen; ➔ GERM

VERB TABLE

germinate

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	germinate
	he, she, it	germinates
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	germinated
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have germinated
	he, she, it	has germinated
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had germinated
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will germinate
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have germinated

Continuous Form
Present	I	am germinating
	he, she, it	is germinating
	you, we, they	are germinating
Past	I, he, she, it	was germinating
	you, we, they	were germinating
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been germinating
	he, she, it	has been germinating
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been germinating
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be germinating
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been germinating

1[intransitive, transitive] science, biology if a seed, spore, or grain of pollen germinates or is germinated, it begins to grow2[intransitive] if an idea, feeling, etc. germinates, it begins to develop: The idea of the business began to germinate in his mind.