grow

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• v. 增加；生长；变成；种植；逐渐开始

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 种植

   cause or allow sth to grow

2. vi. 生长,发育

   increase in size by natural development

3. vi. 渐渐变得

   become too big or too old for

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 发育，生长，成长，长大，茁长；使生长
2. 增加，使增长
3. 形成，产生，出现
4. 种植，栽
5. 渐渐变得
6. 发芽
7. 培育，栽培，培养
8. 使发展；变强，增强
9. 扩大，增大，扩展
10. 逐渐开始
11. 提升品质
12. 培养技能
13. 留长，蓄长
14. 萌发
15. 养，饲养（家畜）
16. 使长满

英英释义

Verb:

1. pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become;

   "The weather turned nasty"
   "She grew angry"
   

2. become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain;

   "The problem grew too large for me"
   "Her business grew fast"
   

3. increase in size by natural process;

   "Corn doesn't grow here"
   "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees"
   "her hair doesn't grow much anymore"
   

4. cause to grow or develop;

   "He grows vegetables in his backyard"
   

5. develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation;

   "He matured fast"
   "The child grew fast"
   

6. come into existence; take on form or shape;

   "A new religious movement originated in that country"
   "a love that sprang up from friendship"
   "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"
   "An interesting phenomenon uprose"
   

7. cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques;

   "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"
   "They produce good ham in Parma"
   "We grow wheat here"
   "We raise hogs here"
   

8. come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes);

   "He grew a beard"
   "The patient developed abdominal pains"
   "I got funny spots all over my body"
   "Well-developed breasts"
   

9. grow emotionally or mature;

   "The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten"
   "When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior"
   

10. become attached by or as if by the process of growth;

    "The tree trunks had grown together"
    

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. How tall you've grown!
   你都长这麽高了!
2. Plants cannot grow well in the absence of water.
   没有水,植物就不能茁壮地生长。
3. She is growing into a beautiful young woman.
   她渐渐出落成美丽的姑娘。
4. This district used to grow cotton on a large scale.
   这个地区过去大量种棉花。
5. She has a hot temper, but you will soon grow to like her.
   她脾气躁，但不久你就会喜欢她了。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. Babies grow very quickly.
   小孩长得很快。
2. You have grown since I saw you last.
   自从我上次见到你后,你长大了。
3. How tall you've grown!
   你长得真高啊!
4. Grass grows after rain.
   雨后草长。
5. This kind of grass grows apace.
   这种草长得很快。
6. Plants can't grow without water.
   没有水植物不能生长。
7. The storm is growing.
   暴风雨越来越大。
8. The number of colleges has grown after the war.
   战后学院的数量有所增加。
9. The production is growing rapidly.
   生产在迅速发展。
10. The company has grown rapidly in the last five years.
    公司近5年来迅速地发展壮大。
11. The business grew apace last year in these hard times.
    在此萧条时期,去年的营业额迅速增长。

S+～+to- v

1. One grows to like what one is accustomed to.
   人渐渐会习惯所熟悉的事物。
2. He will grow to like this work eventually.
   他迟早会喜欢这个工作的。
3. She is growing to be like her mother.
   她越长越像她母亲。

用作系动词

S+～+ n.

1. I speculated how it would look when the youth grew a man.
   我在想,这小伙子长大后将是什么样子。

S+～+ adj.

1. It is growing warm.
   天气渐渐暖和起来。
2. As its population grows larger, the world seems to grow smaller.
   随着人口的增多,世界似乎在逐渐变小。
3. His hand grew numb with cold.
   他的手冻僵了。
4. More and more people grew ill.
   越来越多的人病倒了。
5. Truth never grows old.
   真理永远不会过时。
6. Here Hercules grew impatient, and gave a great shrug of his shoulders.
   这时候,海格立斯感到不耐烦,耸了耸肩膀。
7. You will grow wiser by experience.
   你有了经验就会更聪明些。
8. We've grown accustomed to herding sheep.
   我们放羊已经习惯了。
9. My friendship with them grew considerable.
   我与他们之间的友谊大增。
10. The noise grew louder.
    吵闹声越来越响了。
11. The sound of the music grew faint as the band marched away.
    音乐声随着乐队走远而渐渐减弱了。
12. They grew excited but a little frightened.
    他们激动起来了,却又有点害怕。
13. The child grows frightened at the sight.
    这孩子看了这景象惶恐起来。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. Farmers grow rice.
   农夫种稻子。
2. We grow wheat here.
   我们这里种有小麦。
3. We grew more cotton this year.
   今年我们多种了一些棉花。
4. Is the coastal plain good for growing crops?
   沿海的平原适合种庄稼吗?
5. If your land had been fertile, you could have grown tobacco.
   如果土壤肥沃,你可能已经种上烟草了。
6. Why did you grow a beard?
   你为什么留胡子?
7. Snake can grow a new skin.
   蛇能长出新皮。
8. Plants grow roots.
   植物长根。
9. The pond grows fish.
   这个池塘养鱼。
10. He has grown a bad habit of biting his finger nails.
    他养成了咬指甲的坏习惯。
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11. Corn is grown in both North and South China.
    中国南方和北方都种玉米。

用作宾补动词

S+～+ n./pron. + n./adj.

1. The farmer has grown the seed a big tree.
   这个农民种下的种子长成了大树。
2. She's grown her hair long.
   她的头发留得很长。

其他

v -ed as Attrib.

1. The couple have two grown sons and a granddaughter.
   这对夫妇有两个已成年的儿子和一个孙女。
2. This is all locally grown produce.
   这都是本地农产品。

v -ing as Attrib.

1. Growing children need lots of food.
   发育中的儿童需要许多食物。

经典引文

• The garden could be begun.., and grow with the membership of the community.

  出自： I. Murdoch

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

grow apart( v.+adv. )

产生隔阂 become separate in thought

grow away from( v.+adv.+prep. )

同…渐渐疏远 become independent of; cease to have a close relationship

grow back( v.+adv. )

重新长出 grow again
grow back
All her hair was burned off in the fire, but the doctors have promised that it will soon grow back.

她的头发在大火中烧掉了,但医生保证她的头发还会长起来。
Don't worry about cutting the rose bushes severely, they always grow back, stronger and healthier than ever.

不必担心把玫瑰花丛剪得太厉害,花丛还会长起来的,而且会更加茂盛。

grow down( v.+adv. )

变短,减少 become shorter

grow from( v.+prep. )

从…长出,从…发展而来 start from somewhere or to develop from sth
grow from sth/v-ing
Plants grow from seed.

植物由种子长成。
Some plants grow from seed and some from cuttings.

有的植物从种子发芽生长,有的是从插枝成长起来。
This strange little tree grew from a nut that I planted in the garden.

这棵奇异的小树是从我种在花园里的一颗坚果长出来的。
Most international firms have grown from small family businesses.

多数跨国公司是从小的家族企业发展起来的。
The idea grew from a remark made unthinkingly by the chairman.

这个主意起始于主席无意间说的一句话。
The singer's interest in music grew from listening to the radio, long before she ever went to a concert.

这位歌手早在没听过音乐会之前听广播时就萌发了对音乐的兴趣。 grow sth from sth
Children enjoy growing flowers from seed.

孩子们喜欢用花籽种植花卉。

grow in¹( v.+adv. )

重新长出 grow again

grow in²( v.+prep. )

在…方面提高,增高 develop with regard to a quality
grow in sth
Rice does not grow in a cold climate.

水稻在寒冷的气候下不能生长。
I don't think that such a large plant will grow in such a small pot.

我认为,这么大的一棵植物不能在这么小的花盆中生长。 grow sth in sth
You must grow these tropical flowers in a glasshouse.

你必须把这些热带花卉种在温室里。 grow in sth
She has grown in stature but not in wisdom.

她长了个儿,但没长智慧。
We are pleased to report that the club membership is growing in quality, if not in quantity!

我们高兴地报告,即使俱乐部成员的数量未增加,但素质却在提高。

grow into( v.+prep. )

成长为… become as sth

grow on〔upon〕( v.+prep. )

成为…的习惯 become habitual to sb

grow out( v.+adv. )

长出 become bigger in an outward direction
grow out
The plant is alive after all! There are new leaves growing out.

这棵植物终归没死!它又长出了新叶。

grow out of( v.+adv.+prep. )

停止,戒除 stop sth

grow over( v.+prep. )

覆盖… cover sth
grow over sth
Climbing plants had grown over the walls, giving the building an appearance much more ancient than it was.

攀缘植物爬满了墙壁,使这座建筑物显得更加古老。
When we returned from our holidays after only three weeks, the whole garden was grown over with strong plants with wide leaves and long roots.

我们只在外面度了三周假,整个花园便长满了一种叶很宽,根很长的植物。 grow sth over sth
The wound left a nasty mark on his face, so he grew beard over it to hide it.

他脸部受伤后落下一块难看的伤疤,所以他留起胡须把它遮住。

grow together( v.+adv. )

形成更紧密的联系 become larger in such a way as to become joined
grow together
The two trees have grown together to form a double trunk.

这两棵树已长合在一起,成了一棵连理树。
These two bushes can grow together, they like the same kind of soil.

这两种灌木可种植在一起,它们适于同一类土壤。
As the population spread, the two towns grew together, making one large place.

随着人口分布的扩展,这两个城镇连成一片,成了一个大地方。 grow sth ⇔ together
Farmers don't usually grow crops and flowers together.

农民通常不把庄稼和花草种在一起。 grow together
We were not always such close friends, but have grown together during these difficult times.

我们过去可不是这么亲密的朋友,我们的关系是在艰难的岁月中才变得亲密起来的。

grow up( v.+prep. )

出现 arise
grow up
All plants like to grow up towards the sunlight.

所有的植物都喜欢朝着阳光向上长。 grow up
She has nearly grown up and must soon be looking after herself.

她已经长大了,不久就要自己照顾自己了。
What do you want to be when you grow up?

你长大以后想做什么?
Tom wants to be a coach when he grows up.

汤姆长大了以后想当教练。
Jane grows up so fast,I think she's going to be a tall woman.

简长得真快,我想她一定能长成一个高个子姑娘。
Stop acting like a child with your bad temper! Do grow up.

别耍小孩子脾气了!快成熟点吧。 grow up adj\u002e/v-ing/v-ed
We do not wish her to grow up dumb like the average doll.

我们不希望她变得外表美丽而头脑简单。
Tom had grown up accepting his father's choice.

汤姆变得能够接受他父亲的选择了。
They have grown up surrounded by reminders of their terrible past.

他们慢慢地被可怕的过去所困扰。 grow up
A new town has grown up in this industrial district.

在这个工业区里出现了一个新的城镇。
As time went on, a genuine friendship grew up between them.

随着时间的流逝,他们之间产生了真诚的友谊。
A custom grew up of dividing the father's land between the sons.

一种儿子们分老子田产的习俗出现了。
A hostile feeling grew up in the community.

这个社区滋长了一种敌对情绪。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• grow apple 种植苹果
• grow beard 留胡须
• grow flower 种花
• grow good taste 养成好的品味
• grow hair 留头发
• grow horns 长角
• grow leaves 长叶子
• grow rice 种植水稻
• grow root 生根
• grow rose 种玫瑰花
• grow tomatoes 种西红柿
• grow vegetables in the garden 在菜园里种菜
• grow wheat 种小麦

～+形容词

• grow angry 生气
• grow better 变好
• grow clever 变聪明
• grow cold 冷起来
• grow excited 激动起来
• grow large 变大
• grow less 变少
• grow longer 变得更长
• grow old 变老
• grow pale 变得苍白
• grow rich 变富有
• grow ripe 长熟
• grow taller 长得更高
• grow tense 紧张起来
• grow worse (形势)恶化

～+副词

• grow fine〔well〕 长势良好
• grow upwards 向上生长
• grow abnormally 畸形生长
• grow abundantly 大量种植
• grow densely 生长茂密
• grow greatly 大幅度地增长
• grow luxuriantly 生长浓密
• grow malignantly 恶性生长
• grow phenomenally 非凡地发展
• grow proportionately 成比例地增长
• grow quickly 迅速生长
• grow rankly 杂草丛生
• grow rapidly 迅速地发展
• grow sensibly 明显发展
• grow slowly 缓慢地生长
• grow sporadically 间歇性地生长
• grow steadily 持续地生长
• grow vigorously 茁壮地成长
• grow visibly 明显地增长
• grow wantonly 纷乱地生长
• grow apart 渐渐分开
• grow away from 脱离与…的关系
• grow down 减少;变短；向下长
• grow in 往里长
• grow together 种植在一起
• grow up 长大成人,成长起来,发展,兴趣
• grow up a young man 成为一个青年

～+介词

• grow along 沿…生长
• grow from 从…发育成
• grow from day to day 与日俱增
• grow into 长成,发展成…
• grow into a fine young man 长成一个翩翩少年
• grow into a habit 已成习惯
• grow on 长在,加深对…的影响,渐渐使…有兴趣
• grow out of 长得太高大而不能,由…产生的,来自,出自,革除
• grow out of a habit 戒除一个习惯
• grow out of date 变得过时
• grow out of one's clothes 长得原来的衣服穿不上了
• grow out of usefulness 变得没用
• grow through struggle 在斗争中成长
• grow to 渐渐…起来,达到…(阶段),长成
• grow to a height of 6 feet 长到六英尺高
• grow to one's full height 身体长得很高
• grow to the point of 发展到…阶段

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. grow的基本意思有三:一是“种植”,指培植树木、庄稼等; 二是“生长,发育”,指由于自然地发展而变大或成熟; 三是“渐渐变得”,引申可指“形成”。总起来说,指由小变大、由少变多,强调渐变的过程。
2. grow作“种植”解时是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,也可接以名词或形容词充当补足语的复合宾语。
3. grow作“生长”“发育”解时是不及物动词,其后接介词或副词表示各种附加意义。
4. grow作“渐渐变成”解时是不及物动词,其后常接动词不定式作状语,表示结果。有时也可用作系动词,后接名词、形容词(多为比较级)或相当于形容词的过去分词作表语。
5. grow的过去分词grown和现在分词growing都可用作形容词,在句中作定语。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

grow, become, come, go, turn

• 这组词均可用作系动词,表示“变成”。其区别是：
• 1.come多指向好的方向转变; go往往指向坏的方面转变; become指向好的(也可指向坏的)方面发展, turn是正式用语,指向好的,也指向坏的方面转变。试比较:
• When did that style of dress come into fashion?
• 那种式样的衣服是什么时候时兴的?
• When did that style of dress go out of fashion?
• 那种式样的衣服是什么时候不时兴的?
• 2.come的主语往往是人; become的主语可以是人或物; 而go的主语多是物。
• 3.come的表语通常是形容词; become的表语可以是形容词、代词或名词(须加不定冠词); go和grow的表语为形容词; turn的表语可以是形容词或名词(不加不定冠词)。

grow, boost, elevate, enhance, exalt, highten, hoist, lift, raise

• 参见raise条。

grow up, bring up, raise, rear

• 这组词(组)都有“抚养、饲养”的意思。其区别在于：
• 1.raise是非正式用语,英式英语中指“养动植物”,美式英语中指“抚养人”。
• 2.rear在英式英语中指“抚养人”,在美式英语中指“养动植物”,既指“从小养到大”,也指“教养”,是正式用语。例如:
• The mother reared her children wisely.那位母亲很会教养自己的孩子。
• We reared our children to help others.我们教育子女要乐于助人。
• She likes rearing birds.她喜欢养鸟。
• He used to rear pigs.他以前养猪。
• 3.bring up是动词短语,作“抚养”解时无语体之分,侧重于童年时期的“精心教养”。例如:
• The woman brought up four children alone .那个妇女独自养育了四个孩子。
• He was brought up to believe that money is the most important thing in life.他所受的教养使他相信,金钱是生活中最重要的东西。
• 4.grow up的意思是“成长”,侧重于“达到成熟阶段”。例如:
• This bush has grown up a lot in the last few months.这矮树丛几个月来已向上长高了很多。
• Jane is growing up so fast,I think she's going to be a tall woman.简长得真快,我想她一定能长成一个高挑儿的姑娘。
• Stop acting like a child with your bad temper! Do grow up.别耍小孩子脾气了!快成熟点吧。

下面两句意思不同:

• In time you will grow to like him.
• 以后,你会慢慢喜欢他的。
• In time you will grow to be like him.
• 到后来,你会慢慢像他那样的。

下面各句意思相同:

• The girl has grown (up) a beautiful young lady.
• The girl has grown (up) into a beautiful young lady.
• The girl has grown to be a beautiful young lady.
• 这个女孩已经长成了一位年轻漂亮的 女子。

become，get，grow，turn，go，come

• 这些动词均可表示“变成，成为”之意。
• become最普通用词，作为连系动词，指从一个状态向另一个状态的变化。
• get常指某人或某物有意无意地获得引起变化的因素，结果使变成另一状态。
• grow常指逐渐地变成新状态，强调渐变的过程。
• turn侧重指变得与原来截然不同，有时含贬义。
• go作为连系动词，通常与形容词连用，指进入某种状态，从而发生变化，多指不好的状态。
• come侧重变化的经过或过程，多用于不良情况。

sow，plant，grow

• 这一组动词都与种植有关。
• sow意为“播、撒、播种、种”，其后跟（the）seeds或“植物（结成种状的）”。
• plant意为“栽、插、移植”，其后跟作物（多为苗状的）。
• grow作及物动词时，意为“种植、培植”，后接宾语（不表明种状还是苗状，强调种植后的栽培及管理过程）；作不及物动词时，意为“生长、发育”；作系动词时，意为“变得”。

常见错误

v. (动词)

1. 越来越小。

   误 It grows smaller and smaller.

   正 It becomes smaller and smaller.

   析 grow表示“变得”这一概念时,表示“由小增大”或“由少增多”,不能表示“减小”或“减少”,表示“减小”“减少”须用become。

2. 他是在乡下长大的。

   误 He was grown up in the countryside.

   正 He grew up in the countryside.

   析 grow up表示“成长”时是不及物动词短语,不能用于被动结构。

3. 她在屋后种了些蔬菜。

   误 She plants vegetables behind her house.

   正 She grows vegetables behind her house.

   析 grow和plant都有“种植”的意思,但grow多用于种植粮食、蔬菜、经济作物等,而plant多用于“植树”。

4. 他越想越生气。

   误 The more he thought about it, the more angrily he grew.

   正 The more he thought about it, the angrier he grew.

   析 grow表示“变得”时是系动词,后接形容词作表语,而不能接副词。

5. 约翰的坏脾气导致了他现在的不幸境地。

   误 John's present unfortunate position grew from his bad temper.

   正 John's present unfortunate position grew out of his bad temper.

6. 争执常常是由误会引起的。

   误 Arguments often grow from misunderstanding.

   正 Arguments often grow out of misunderstanding.

   析 grow from表示“从…长大”“由…发展”,主语和介词宾语是属于同一范畴、同一属性的东西。而grow后面跟复合介词结构out of意为“由…产生”,主语和介词宾语不一定是同一范畴或同一属性的东西。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自中古英语的growen；最初源自古英语的growan，意为生长，生成。

近反义词

【近义词】

• enlarge
• expand
• increase
• swell
• develop
• produce
• raise

【反义词】

• decrease
• shrink