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VERB
(植物、蔬菜、種子)發芽，抽芽，長芽
When plants, vegetables, or seeds sprout, they produce new shoots or leaves.
例句
It only takes a few days for beans to sprout.
豆子只要幾天就能發芽。
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VERB
(葉子、芽或植株)生長
When leaves, shoots, or plants sprout somewhere, they grow there.
例句
Leaf-shoots were beginning to sprout on the hawthorn...
山楂樹上開始長出葉芽。
Birch trees sprouted from the rubble and grew into a dense young wood.
樺樹從瓦礫中長出來，形成了一片茂密的新林。
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VERB
使生長
If a garden or other area of land sprouts plants, they start to grow there.
例句
...the garden, which had had time to sprout a shocking collection of weeds.
久而久之便野草叢生的花園
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VERB
(出于食用目的)使(豆子、種子等)發芽
If you sprout beans or seeds, you make them grow small shoots before eating them. You usually do this by soaking them in water.
例句
When you sprout seeds their nutritional content increases...
讓種子發芽后，其營養含量會提高。
Sprouted beans only need to be cooked for 1-2 minutes.
豆芽只需烹炒一到兩分鐘。
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V-ERG
(毛發等)生長，長出
If something such as hair sprouts from a person or animal, or if they sprout it, it grows on them.
例句
She is very old now, with little, round, wire-rimmed glasses and whiskers sprouting from her chin...
她現在很老了，戴著圓圓的金屬架小眼鏡，下巴上還長出了胡須。
As well as sprouting a few grey hairs, Kevin seems to be suffering the occasional memory loss.
除長出了些許白發外，凱文似乎還患上了間歇性失憶。
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V-ERG
大量涌現;迅猛發展
If a large number of things have appeared or developed somewhere, you can say that they have sprouted there or that the place has sprouted them.
例句
More than a million satellite dishes have sprouted on homes across the country...
100 多萬個衛星接收器迅速出現在了全國各地的家庭用戶中。
Since its first shop was opened in 1976, it has sprouted outlets in 39 countries.
自從 1976 年開設第一家店以來，它已經在 39 個國家里開設了大量分店。
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N-COUNT
抱子甘藍;球芽甘藍
Sprouts are vegetables that look like tiny cabbages. They are also called brussels sprouts .
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N-COUNT
新芽;子苗;嫩枝
Sprouts are new shoots on plants.
例句
After eleven days of growth the number of sprouts was counted.
經過11天的生長后，對新芽的數量進行了計數。