germinate

英 [ˈdʒɜːmɪneɪt]

美 [ˈdʒɜːrmɪneɪt]

v. (使)发芽，萌芽，开始生长

过去分词：germinated　过去式：germinated　现在分词：germinating　第三人称单数：germinates　

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牛津词典

verb

（使）发芽，萌芽，开始生长
when the seed of a plant germinates or is germinated , it starts to grow
1. An idea for a novel began to germinate in her mind.
  一部小说的构思已经在她的头脑中萌发。

V-ERG （使）发芽；（使）开始生长；（使）萌芽
If a seedgerminatesor if itis germinated, it starts to grow.
1. 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。
2. First, the researchers germinated the seeds.
  研究人员首先让种子发芽。
VERB （想法、计划或感觉）形成，产生
If an idea, plan, or feelinggerminates, it comes into existence and begins to develop.
1. 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”。

verb

produce buds, branches, or germinate
1. the potatoes sprouted
Synonym:shootspudpullulatebourgeonburgeon forthsprout
cause to grow or sprout
1. the plentiful rain germinated my plants
work out
1. We have developed a new theory of evolution
Synonym:evolvedevelop

Seeds will not germinate without water.
没有水，种子是不会发芽的。
To germinate cabbages, beans, etc The spring rain has sprouted the seeds.
使白菜、豆子等发芽.春雨使种子发了芽。
Spring breeze, sprout germinate.
春风一刮，芽儿萌发。
As rice cools, the spores germinate and produce a neurotoxin that can make you horribly sick.
大米冷藏后，孢子发芽，产生一种令人严重不适的神经毒素。
First, the researchers germinated the seeds.
研究人员首先让种子发芽。
The effect of humidity was not significant, conidia could germinate in general environmental humidity.
湿度对孢子萌发的影响不大，一般环境湿度下都可萌发；
It's been too cold for seeds to germinate properly.
天气太冷，种子不能正常发芽。
Hence, barley is dampened, allowed to germinate, and is then dried and stored for subsequent use.
因此先将大麦润湿，促其发芽，然后将大麦芽干燥贮存备用。
So you could save all the seeds you want, but would get very few if any to germinate.
那么，你可以留下想要的所有种子，但如果有发芽，也很稀少。
Once you have seeds, you can germinate them and then start learning how to do grafting.
如果你有种子，你就可以播种发芽，然后开始学习如何去嫁接鸡蛋花了。