germinate

英語

詞源

拉丁語 germinātus，germināre (「發芽」)的過去分詞。

發音

國際音標^(幫助): /ˈd͡ʒɜː(ɹ)mɪneɪt/
（伯克郡）音頻： (檔案)

動詞

germinate (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 germinates，現在分詞 germinating，一般過去時及過去分詞 germinated)

(不及物，植物學，農業) 發芽，萌芽
- 1631, Francis [Bacon], 「(please specify |century=I to X)」, 出自 Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd版, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
  the Chalcites, which hath a Spirit that will put forth and germinate
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- 2014年4月5日, 「Quite interesting: A quietly intriguing column from the brains behind QI, the BBC quiz show. This week; QI orchids you not」, 出自 The Daily Telegraph (Weekend)，第 W22 頁:
  Orchids rely on fungi to reproduce. Their tiny seeds don't have any on-board nutrients (like beans and apples) and will not germinate until they are infected by a symbiotic fungus which supplies them with food. Known as a protocorm, this tiny orchid-fungus ball grows, turns green and eventually starts to photosynthesise.
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- 2014年12月23日, Olivia Judson, 「The hemiparasite season [print version: Under the hemiparasite, International New York Times, 24–25 December 2014, page 7]」, 出自 The New York Times‎^[1]，於23 December 2014歸檔自原頁面:
  […] The flesh [of the mistletoe berry] is sticky, and forms strings and ribbons between my thumb and forefinger. For the mistletoe, this viscous goop – and by the way, viscous comes to English from viscum – is crucial. The stickiness means that, after eating the berries, birds often regurgitate the seeds and then wipe their bills on twigs – leading to the seeds' getting glued to the tree, where they can germinate and begin the cycle anew.
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(及物) 使...成長，產生
- 1913, Robert Barr, 章號 5, 出自 Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎^[2]:
  These were business hours, and a feeling of loneliness crept over him, perhaps germinated by his sight of the illustrated papers, and accentuated by an attempted perusal of them.
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