germinate
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词源[编辑]
拉丁語 germinātus,germināre (“发芽”)的过去分词。
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germinate (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 germinates,現在分詞 germinating,一般過去時及過去分詞 germinated)
- (不及物, 植物學, 農業) 发芽,萌芽
- 1631,Francis [Bacon],“(please specify |century=I to X)”,出自 Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […],3rd edition,London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], OCLC 1044372886:
- the Chalcites, which hath a Spirit that will put forth and germinate
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- 2014年4月5日,“Quite interesting: A quietly intriguing column from the brains behind QI, the BBC quiz show. This week; QI orchids you not”,出自 The Daily Telegraph (Weekend), 頁號W22:
- Orchids rely on fungi to reproduce. Their tiny seeds don't have any on-board nutrients (like beans and apples) and will not germinate until they are infected by a symbiotic fungus which supplies them with food. Known as a protocorm, this tiny orchid-fungus ball grows, turns green and eventually starts to photosynthesise.
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- 2014年12月23日,Olivia Judson,“The hemiparasite season [print version: Under the hemiparasite, International New York Times, 24–25 December 2014, page 7]”,出自 The New York Times[1], archived from the original on 23 December 2014:
- […] The flesh [of the mistletoe berry] is sticky, and forms strings and ribbons between my thumb and forefinger. For the mistletoe, this viscous goop – and by the way, viscous comes to English from viscum – is crucial. The stickiness means that, after eating the berries, birds often regurgitate the seeds and then wipe their bills on twigs – leading to the seeds' getting glued to the tree, where they can germinate and begin the cycle anew.
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- (及物) 使...成长,产生
- 1913,Robert Barr,章號5,出自 Lord Stranleigh Abroad[2]:
- These were business hours, and a feeling of loneliness crept over him, perhaps germinated by his sight of the illustrated papers, and accentuated by an attempted perusal of them.
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近义词[编辑]
- ackerspyre (切斯特)
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germinate
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拉丁语[编辑]
分词[编辑]
germināte
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germinate