英 [ˈdʒɜːmɪneɪt] 美 [ˈdʒɜːrmɪneɪt]
vt. 使发芽；使生长
vi. 发芽；生长
第三人称单数germinates
现在分词germinating
过去式germinated
过去分词germinated
germinate /ˈdʒɜːmɪˌneɪt/ TEM8 [ germinating germinated germinates ]
及物动词/不及物动词 If a seed germinates or if it is germinated, it starts to grow. 使发芽; 发芽
Some seed varieties germinate fast, so check every day or so.
有一些品种的种子发芽快，所以差不多每天都要察看一下。
不可数名词 发芽
The poor germination of your seed could be because the soil was too cold.
你的种子发芽不好，可能是因为土壤太冷。
不及物动词 If an idea, plan, or feeling germinates, it comes into existence and begins to develop. 形成
...a big book that was germinating in his mind.
…正在他脑中酝酿的一部大作。
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The results are as follows: Pollen grains germinate soon after pollination.
结果表明，授粉后，花粉随即萌发，2个精子进入花粉管，营养核留在花粉粒内，不久解体。
参考来源期刊学术社区
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germination 发芽；发生；伟晶作用
Some seed varieties germinate fast, so check every day or so.
有一些品种的种子发芽快，所以差不多每天都要察看一下。
Nitrogen dioxide in the smoke induces the seeds to germinate.
烟雾中的二氧化氮诱导种子发芽。
Actually, the seeds don't retain the power to germinate for very long.
事实上，种子不能长时间保持发芽的能力。
Hong Kong, for its part, has stepped up efforts to germinate an infotech industry.
This allows seedlings from other species, not susceptible to the pathogens, to germinate without competition.
Innovation that will only germinate when we embrace a shift in perspective towards the power of allowing ourselves to be vulnerable.
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