单词 | sprout |
释义 | sprout /sprowt/, v.i. 1. to begin to grow; shoot forth, as a plant from a seed. 2. (of a seed or plant) to put forth buds or shoots. 3. to develop or grow quickly: a boy awkwardly sprouting into manhood. v.t. 4. to cause to sprout. 5. to remove sprouts from: Sprout and boil the potatoes. n. 6. a shoot of a plant. 7. a new growth from a germinating seed, or from a rootstock, tuber, bud, or the like. 8. something resembling or suggesting a sprout, as in growth. 9. a young person; youth. 10. sprouts, a. the young shoots of alfalfa, soybeans, etc., eaten as a raw vegetable. b. See Brussels sprout. [1150-1200; (v.) ME spr(o)uten, OE -sprutan, in asproten (ptp.; see A-3); c. MD spruten, G spriessen to sprout; akin to Gk speírein to scatter; (n.) ME; cf. MD, MLG sprute] Syn. 1. spring, bud, burgeon, develop. |
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