germinate

1. V-T/V-I If a seed germinates or if it is germinated, it starts to grow. 使發(fā)芽; 發(fā)芽

Some seed varieties germinate fast, so check every day or so. 有一些品種的種子發(fā)芽快，所以差不多每天都要察看一下。

2. germinationN-UNCOUNT 發(fā)芽[usu with supp]

The poor germination of your seed could be because the soil was too cold. 你的種子發(fā)芽不好，可能是因為土壤太冷。

3. V-I If an idea, plan, or feeling germinates, it comes into existence and begins to develop. 形成

...a big book that was germinating in his mind. …正在他腦中醞釀的一部大作。