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

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。
An idea began to germinate in his mind.
他心里开始有了一个主意。
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。
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。
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；
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。
Spring breeze, sprout germinate.
春风一刮，芽儿萌发。
This effect of position ensures that achenes of each whorl germinate when they reach the periphery and are disconnected.
这种位置效应确保了每一圈的瘦果在到达外围并且分离的时候才萌发。
The seeds need the right conditions to germinate.
种子需要合适的条件才能发芽。
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