Old English -sprutan (in asprutan "to sprout"), from Proto-Germanic *sprut- (cognates: Old Saxon sprutan, Old Frisian spruta, Middle Dutch spruten, Old High German spriozan, German sprie?en "to sprout"), from PIE *spreud-, extended form of root *sper- (4) "to strew" (cognates: Greek speirein "to scatter," spora "a scattering, sowing," sperma "sperm, seed," literally "that which is scattered;" Old English spreawlian "to sprawl," spr?dan "to spread," spreot "pole;" Armenian sprem "scatter;" Old Lithuanian sprainas "staring, opening wide one's eyes;" Lettish sprie?u "I span, I measure"). Related: Sprouted; sprouting.
sprout (n.)
"shoot of a plant, sprout; a twig," Old English sprota, from the verb (see sprout (v.)). Cognate with Middle Dutch spruyte, Dutch spruite "a sprout," Old Norse sproti, German Spro?.
雙語例句
1. It only takes a few days for beans to sprout.
豆子只要幾天就能發芽。
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2. When you sprout seeds their nutritional content increases.
讓種子發芽后，其營養含量會提高。
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3. When the seedlings sprout, uncover the tray.
秧苗發芽后，就把盤子上的蓋子拿掉。
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4. At the age of fourteen John really began to sprout up.