germination

英 [ˌdʒɜːmɪˈneɪʃən]

美 [ˌdʒɜrməˈneɪʃən]

n.  萌发；发芽；萌发; 生长；产生；发生；共生

医学

BNC.25789 / COCA.22312

柯林斯词典

• 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”。

英英释义

noun

• the origin of some development
  1. the germination of their discontent
• the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow
  Synonym:sprouting

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