[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)发芽;(使)开始生长;(使)萌芽 If a seed germinates or if it is germinated, it starts to grow.
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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。
First, the researchers germinated the seeds.
研究人员首先让种子发芽。
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The poor germination of your seed could be because the soil was too cold.
你的种子发芽率很低,可能是土壤温度太低的缘故。
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[VERB 动词](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.
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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”。
Oxford
ger·min·ate/ˈdʒɜːmɪneɪt; NAmEˈdʒɜːrmɪneɪt/verb[intransitive , transitive ]germinate(sth) when the seed of a plant germinatesor is germinated,it starts to grow (使)发芽,萌芽,开始生长◆( figurative) An idea for a novel began to germinate in her mind. 一部小说的构思已经在她的脑海中萌发。▶ger·min·ation/ˌdʒɜːmɪˈneɪʃn; NAmEˌdʒɜːrmɪˈneɪʃn/noun[uncountable ]germinategerminatesgerminatedgerminatingger·min·ate/ˈdʒɜːmɪneɪt; NAmEˈdʒɜːrmɪneɪt/ger·min·ation/ˌdʒɜːmɪˈneɪʃn; NAmEˌdʒɜːrmɪˈneɪʃn/
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germinateger‧mi‧nate /ˈdʒɜːməneɪt $ ˈdʒɜːr-/ verb
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1[intransitive, transitive] if a seed germinates, or if it is germinated, it begins to growSYN sprout2[intransitive] if an idea, feeling etc germinates, it begins to develop: The idea of setting up his own company began to germinate in his mind.—germination /ˌdʒɜːməˈneɪʃən $ ˌdʒɜːr-/ noun [uncountable]
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