Sprout

(noun.) a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed).

(noun.) any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud.

(verb.) put forth and grow sprouts or shoots; 'the plant sprouted early this year'.

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• Poor bewildered statesmen, unused to any notion of change, have seen the national life grow to a monstrous confusion and sprout monstrous evils by the way. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Without the warmth of the sun seeds could not sprout and develop into the mighty trees which yield firewood. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The noble Athelstane of Coningsburgh is no more--the last sprout of the sainted Confessor! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Jo's book was the pride of her heart, and was regarded by her family as a literary sprout of great promise. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Well, young brockiley sprout, wot then? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• An acorn costs nothing; but it may sprout into a prodigious bit of timber. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Seeds sprout, rain falls, the sun shines, insects devour, blight comes, the seasons change. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• I fear the sprouts, too, as Rafael does. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• That of the sprouts was too much. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• That of the sprouts in the face of the old women sickens me, the gypsy said. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Coal is simply buried vegetation,--vegetation which sprouted and grew under the influence of the sun's warm rays. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• New ideas are doubtless always sprouting, but a society governed by custom does not encourage their development. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The luminous rays wrapped her up with her increasing distance, and the rustle of her dress over the sprouting sedge and grass died away. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.

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