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germinate 音标拼音: [dʒ'ɚmən ,et] vi. 发芽,萌芽,开始发育
vt. 使发芽,使发达 发芽,萌芽,开始发育使发芽,使发达 germinate v 1: produce buds, branches, or germinate; " the potatoes sprouted" [ synonym: { shoot}, { spud}, { germinate}, { pullulate}, { bourgeon}, { burgeon forth}, { sprout}] 2: work out; " We have developed a new theory of evolution" [ synonym: { evolve}, { germinate}, { develop}] 3: cause to grow or sprout; " the plentiful rain germinated my plants" Germinate \ Ger" mi* nate\, v. t. To cause to sprout. -- Price ( 1610). [ 1913 Webster]
Germinate \ Ger" mi* nate\, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Germinated}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Germinating}.] [ L. germinatus, p. p. of germinare to sprout, fr. germen. See { Germ}.] To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ. -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] 48 Moby Thesaurus words for " germinate": blossom, brew, bud, burgeon, burst forth, develop, flourish, gather, gemmate, grow, grow rank, grow up, hypertrophy, increase, leaf, leaf out, leave, luxuriate, mature, mushroom, outgrow, overdevelop, overgrow, overrun, overtop, procreate, pullulate, put forth, put forth leaves, put out buds, reproduce, riot, root, shoot, shoot up, spring up, sprout, sprout up, strike root, take root, thrive, tower, upshoot, upspear, upspring, upsprout, vegetate, wax
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