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单词 plantable
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
plant /plænt/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Biologya living thing that usually has stems, leaves, and roots, and grows in the ground:plants and flowers.
  2. Botanyan herb or other small vegetable growth, in contrast with a tree or a shrub.
  3. a factory, etc., where a product is manufactured:a steel plant.
  4. the complete equipment, machinery, etc., needed for a particular mechanical operation, etc.:a heating plant.
  5. a person or thing placed secretly in a country, etc., to gather information or make a plot or scheme work:A Russian plant had been working for the senator all those years.

v. 
  1. to put or set in the ground for growth, as seeds, shrubs, or young trees: [+ object]to plant trees along the parks and highways.[no object]It was too early in the season to plant.
  2. to stock (land) with plants:[+ object]They planted a few acres with corn.
  3. to establish (ideas, etc.) in the mind;
    cause someone to believe (something):[+ object]Who planted that ridiculous idea in his head?
  4. to put in or set firmly in or on the ground:[+ object]to plant fence posts.
  5. to place, station, or direct with determination:[+ object]He planted himself in the doorway.
  6. to place (something) in order to make a scheme work, obtain a desired result, etc.:[+ object]The police planted a story in the newspaper.
  7. to place (a person) secretly in a group, organization, etc., to gather information, steal plans, etc.:[+ object]The Russians had planted a spy in the consulate.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
plant  (plant, plänt),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Biology, Botanyany member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
  2. Botanyan herb or other small vegetable growth, in contrast with a tree or a shrub.
  3. Botanya seedling or a growing slip, esp. one ready for transplanting.
  4. the equipment, including the fixtures, machinery, tools, etc., and often the buildings, necessary to carry on any industrial business:a manufacturing plant.
  5. the complete equipment or apparatus for a particular mechanical process or operation:the heating plant for a home.
  6. the buildings, equipment, etc., of an institution:the sprawling plant of the university.
  7. Slang Termssomething intended to trap, decoy, or lure, as criminals.
  8. Slang Termsa scheme to trap, trick, swindle, or defraud.
  9. Show Businessa person, placed in an audience, whose rehearsed or prepared reactions, comments, etc., appear spontaneous to the rest of the audience.
  10. a person placed secretly in a group or organization, as by a foreign government, to obtain internal or secret information, stir up discontent, etc.
  11. Show Business[Theat.]a line of dialogue, or a character, action, etc., introducing an idea or theme that will be further developed at a later point in the play:Afterward we remembered the suicide plant in the second act.

v.t. 
  1. to put or set in the ground for growth, as seeds, young trees, etc.
  2. to furnish or stock (land) with plants:to plant a section with corn.
  3. to establish or implant (ideas, principles, doctrines, etc.):to plant a love for learning in growing children.
  4. to introduce (a breed of animals) into a country.
  5. to deposit (young fish, or spawn) in a river, lake, etc.
  6. to bed (oysters).
  7. to insert or set firmly in or on the ground or some other body or surface:to plant posts along a road.
  8. Show Business[Theat.]to insert or place (an idea, person, or thing) in a play.
  9. to place;
    put.
  10. to place with great force, firmness, or determination:He planted himself in the doorway as if daring us to try to enter. He planted a big kiss on his son's cheek.
  11. to station;
    post:to plant a police officer on every corner.
  12. to locate;
    situate:Branch stores are planted all over.
  13. to establish (a colony, city, etc.);
    found.
  14. to settle (persons), as in a colony.
  15. to say or place (something) in order to obtain a desired result, esp. one that will seem spontaneous:The police planted the story in the newspaper in order to trap the thief.
  16. Building[Carpentry.]to nail, glue, or otherwise attach (a molding or the like) to a surface.
  17. to place (a person) secretly in a group to function as a spy or to promote discord.
  18. Slang Termsto hide or conceal, as stolen goods.
  • Latin plantāre to plant
  • Old French planter)
  • Latin plantāre); in part (
  • Latin planta a shoot, sprig, scion (for planting), plant; (verb, verbal) Middle English plaunten; in part continuing Old English plantian (
  • Old French plante)
  • Latin planta); in part (
  • bef. 900; (noun, nominal) Middle English plaunte; in part continuing Old English plante sapling, young plant (
planta•ble, adj. 
plantless, adj. 
plantlike′, adj. 

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