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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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