| 单词 | plant |
| 释义 | plant I. transitive verb 1. a. < plant corn > < plant seeds > b. < plant trees > < plant bushes > c. < cleans up and plants the ground thus regained from the forest — J.G.Frazer > < the river overflowed the planted land — American Guide Series: Tennessee > d. < the task of planting in the native-born generations a knowledge of the ancestral language — Oscar Handlin > 2. a. (1) < engaged in planting a colony of Germans in the valley — H.E.Scudder > < planted the first church in that part of the colony — L.H.Beck > (2) < planted former soldiers in the border regions > b. < intending to return and plant Delaware — John Winthrop > c. < underseas gardens in which the oysters are planted, cultivated, and harvested — American Guide Series: Connecticut > < planting beavers for conservation purposes — Willis Peterson > d. < planted his ranch with beef cattle > < planted the stream with trout > < planted the bay with clams > e. 3. a. < stakes were planted to determine the ice movement in the mountain region — G. de Q. Robin > < planted a foot in a prairie-dog hole — F.B.Gipson > b. < came boiling out and planted herself in his path with her hands on her hips — Robert Murphy > < planted a hard blow on his chin > c. < planted obstruction buoys around a large coral head — K.M.Dodson > < remained planted in the rocker — J.C.Lincoln > 4. a. < the plunder was planted under the floor of a restaurant — London Daily Chronicle > b. < planted a gun in the butler's coat > < planted gold nuggets in a worthless mine > c. < politicians and officials exploit their intimacy with the press and plant true or false stories with them — Times Literary Supplement > < a report, undoubtedly planted by him, that he had gone to South America — Robert Shaplen > d. < planted a spy on the committee's staff > < frequently the gang is not able to plant a confederate inside the house — Richard Harrison > e. < carefully plants the surprise word — Britain Today > < asked an obviously planted question > 5. < planted his family and left them penniless > 6. < these people believe in sealed copper coffins in vaults, and they are decidedly not planted but laid to rest — Mari Sandoz > < death lost some of its terrors when one could be planted neatly in a corner of one's own farm — Stuart Cloete > intransitive verb 1. < this is perfect weather for planting > 2. II. 1. a. (1) < cabbage plants for sale > < thin the hill to four plants > — see houseplant, pot plant, wild flower (2) obsolete b. archaic c. 2. < a sensitive plant who must be shielded from shock > 3. a. < to meet the nation's telephone needs we again built a great deal of new physical plant — C.F.Craig > b. < an automobile plant > < an ice-cream plant > c. < a nation which both in present plant and in natural resources is probably the richest in the world — New Republic > < not just the town's sewers but its streets, its schools — its whole plant — had to be enlarged for the new arrivals — C.W.Thayer > d. < a couple of experts armed with drills, an oxyacetylene plant, and other strange tools — F.W.Crofts > e. chiefly Australia < such a plant may consist of a head stockman, one or two other white men and up to twenty aboriginals — Australian Veterinary Journal > f. < several large bequests have enabled the school to expand its plant > 4. a. b. (1) < joined the criminal ring as a plant > (2) < to put a plant on a suspect > c. d. (1) < left muddy footprints as a plant to confuse the police > (2) < the story had all the earmarks of a propaganda plant > e. (1) (2) f. < the town has set up several plants for traffic violators > 5. < took up a determined plant in front of the door > 6. a. < the sugar beet is up to a good plant once again — A.G.Street > b. (1) < the authorities made a small plant of deer on the islands — C.C.Van Fleet > (2) |
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