germinate

英 [ˈdʒɜːmɪneɪt]

美 [ˈdʒɜːrmɪneɪt]

v.  (使)发芽，萌芽，开始生长

过去分词：germinated　过去式：germinated　现在分词：germinating　第三人称单数：germinates　

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牛津词典

verb

• （使）发芽，萌芽，开始生长
  when the seed of a plant germinates or is germinated , it starts to grow
  1. An idea for a novel began to germinate in her mind.
     一部小说的构思已经在她的头脑中萌发。

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG （使）发芽；（使）开始生长；（使）萌芽
  If a seedgerminatesor if itis germinated, it starts to grow.
  1. Some seed varieties germinate fast, so check every day or so...
     有一些种子发芽快，所以差不多每天得察看一下。
  2. First, the researchers germinated the seeds.
     研究人员首先让种子发芽。
• VERB （想法、计划或感觉）形成，产生
  If an idea, plan, or feelinggerminates, it comes into existence and begins to develop.
  1. He wrote to Eliot about a 'big book' that was germinating in his mind.
     他写信告诉埃利奥特他脑海中正在酝酿的一本“巨著”。

英英释义

verb

• produce buds, branches, or germinate
  1. the potatoes sprouted
  Synonym:shootspudpullulatebourgeonburgeon forthsprout
• cause to grow or sprout
  1. the plentiful rain germinated my plants
• work out
  1. We have developed a new theory of evolution
  Synonym:evolvedevelop

双语例句

• This was enough to germinate the guilt which had lain dormant for years.
  这事足以使潜伏在心中多年的有罪感萌发出来。
• I will love all the children, Let the seeds of love in their young minds germinate.
  我会用真诚的爱与孩子们的心灵对话，让爱的种子在他们幼小的心灵发芽。
• As rice cools, the spores germinate and produce a neurotoxin that can make you horribly sick.
  大米冷藏后，孢子发芽，产生一种令人严重不适的神经毒素。
• First, the researchers germinated the seeds.
  研究人员首先让种子发芽。
• He wrote to Eliot about a 'big book' that was germinating in his mind.
  他写信告诉埃利奥特他脑海中正在酝酿的一本“巨著”。
• It's been too cold for seeds to germinate properly.
  天气太冷，种子不能正常发芽。
• So you could save all the seeds you want, but would get very few if any to germinate.
  那么，你可以留下想要的所有种子，但如果有发芽，也很稀少。
• This effect of position ensures that achenes of each whorl germinate when they reach the periphery and are disconnected.
  这种位置效应确保了每一圈的瘦果在到达外围并且分离的时候才萌发。
• Once you have seeds, you can germinate them and then start learning how to do grafting.
  如果你有种子，你就可以播种发芽，然后开始学习如何去嫁接鸡蛋花了。
• Germinate experiment and Germination rate of Chinese olive seedlings
  橄榄实生种子发芽实验及发芽率研究