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

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。
The achenes need to be disconnected from the capitulum before they germinate.
瘦果在萌发之前必须与头状花序分离。
But I regarding information system's interest at very small time starts to take root to germinate.
而我对于信息系统的兴趣在很小的时候就开始生根发芽。
10. You need cool, moist weather for these plants to germinate.
这些植物在清凉潮湿的天气中才能发芽。
This was enough to germinate the guilt which had lain dormant for years.
这事足以使潜伏在心中多年的有罪感萌发出来。
Germinate experiment and Germination rate of Chinese olive seedlings
橄榄实生种子发芽实验及发芽率研究
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。
The beans will only germinate if the temperature is warm enough.
只有当温度够暖时，豆子才会发芽。
And moisture to make them germinate.
与湿度，使它发芽。
Seed dormancy is regarded as the phenomenon in which the vigorous seeds are unable to germinate under the suitable germination condition.
种子休眠是指有活力的种子在适宜的萌发条件下而不能萌发的现象。