germinate

verb

1. produce buds, branches, or germinate

e.g. the potatoes sprouted

Synonym: shootspudpullulatebourgeonburgeon forthsprout

2. cause to grow or sprout

e.g. the plentiful rain germinated my plants

3. work out

e.g. We have developed a new theory of evolution

Synonym: evolvedevelop

1. （使）发芽；（使）开始生长；（使）萌芽
If a seed germinates or if it is germinated, it starts to grow.

e.g. 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。
e.g. First, the researchers germinated the seeds.
研究人员首先让种子发芽。

2. （想法、计划或感觉）形成，产生
If an idea, plan, or feeling germinates, it comes into existence and begins to develop.

e.g. 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”。

1. 萌芽：它的另一个特点是只在光里萌芽(germinate)而不象很多植物那样需要黑暗的环境. 花蕾从五月就开始出现但是直到二月才会开花,果实在接下来的冬天成熟. 从花朵到结果的过程需要整整两年!甚至是它的盎格鲁-萨克森名字mistl(相异的)tan(嫩枝)都在提醒我们它的与众不同.

2. 发芽：gauge#精确计量 | germinate#发芽 | gibe#讥笑

3. 使发芽：gauge用量具量,测定 | germinate使发芽 | inhale吸入

4. 发芽, 发育, 使生长：666. germicide n. 杀菌剂 | 667. germinate . 发芽, 发育, 使生长 | 668. gerontology n. 老人医学