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。

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”。

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