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VERB
(植物、蔬菜、种子)发芽，抽芽，长芽
When plants, vegetables, or seeds sprout, they produce new shoots or leaves.
例句
It only takes a few days for beans to sprout.
豆子只要几天就能发芽。
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VERB
(叶子、芽或植株)生长
When leaves, shoots, or plants sprout somewhere, they grow there.
例句
Leaf-shoots were beginning to sprout on the hawthorn...
山楂树上开始长出叶芽。
Birch trees sprouted from the rubble and grew into a dense young wood.
桦树从瓦砾中长出来，形成了一片茂密的新林。
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VERB
使生长
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.
久而久之便野草丛生的花园
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VERB
(出于食用目的)使(豆子、种子等)发芽
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...
让种子发芽后，其营养含量会提高。
Sprouted beans only need to be cooked for 1-2 minutes.
豆芽只需烹炒一到两分钟。
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V-ERG
(毛发等)生长，长出
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...
她现在很老了，戴着圆圆的金属架小眼镜，下巴上还长出了胡须。
As well as sprouting a few grey hairs, Kevin seems to be suffering the occasional memory loss.
除长出了些许白发外，凯文似乎还患上了间歇性失忆。
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V-ERG
大量涌现;迅猛发展
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 多万个卫星接收器迅速出现在了全国各地的家庭用户中。
Since its first shop was opened in 1976, it has sprouted outlets in 39 countries.
自从 1976 年开设第一家店以来，它已经在 39 个国家里开设了大量分店。
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N-COUNT
抱子甘蓝;球芽甘蓝
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.
经过11天的生长后，对新芽的数量进行了计数。