sprout

🇬🇧 UK/spraut/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To begin to grow or develop; to produce new shoots or buds

发芽,萌芽,生长

n.

A new shoot or bud growing from a plant or germinating seed

芽,嫩芽,新枝

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
sproutother
=sprout

Common Collocations

  • 1.sprout seeds种子发芽
  • 2.begin to sprout开始萌芽
  • 3.sprout up涌现,冒出
  • 4.bean sprout豆芽

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The seeds we planted last week have already begun to sprout.

  • 2.

    New businesses are sprouting up all over the city center.

  • 3.

    After the rain, tiny green shoots sprouted from the dry soil.

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