grow

英 [grəʊ] 美[ɡro]

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第三人称单数: grows;过去式: grew;过去分词: grown;现在分词: growing;

grow 增加

来自PIE*ghre, 生长，词源同grass,green.

grow: grow: [OE] Grow comes from a prehistoric Germanic base *grō-, which also produced Dutch groeien ‘grow’ and English grass and green. Latin grāmen ‘grass’ may indicate connections outside Germanic, but this is not certain.
=> grass, green
grow (v.): Old English growan (of plants) "to flourish, increase, develop, get bigger" (class VII strong verb; past tense greow, past participle growen), from Proto-Germanic *gro- (cognates: Old Norse groa "to grow" (of vegetation), Old Frisian groia, Dutch groeien, Old High German gruoen), from PIE root *ghre- "to grow, become green" (see grass). Applied in Middle English to human beings (c. 1300) and animals (early 15c.) and their parts, supplanting Old English weaxan (see wax (v.)) in the general sense of "to increase." Transitive sense "cause to grow" is from 1774. To grow on "gain in the estimation of" is from 1712.
Have you ever heard anything about God, Topsy? ... Do you know who made you?" "Nobody, as I knows on," said the child. ... "I spect I grow'd. Don't think nobody never made me." [Harriet B. Stowe, "Uncle Tom's Cabin," 1851]

1. The mother provides the embryo with nourishment and a place to grow.: 母亲为胎儿提供营养和成长的空间。

3. Persons dying from cancer grow thin and visibly waste away.: 因患癌症濒临死亡的人会日渐消瘦，而且身体明显衰弱。

4. In its natural habitat, the hibiscus will grow up to 25ft.: 在原生境中，木槿能长到25英尺高。

5. He predicted that my hair would grow back "in no time": 他预言我的头发“一眨眼”就会长回来。