| 单词 | grow |
| 释义 | growgrowsgrewgrowngrowinggrowgrow /grəʊ $ groʊ/ verb (past tense grew /gruː/, past participle grown /grəʊn $ groʊn/)1[transitive] to get bigger in size or amount: Babies grow quickly in their first year.baby婴儿在第一年成长得很快。grow bySales grew by 10%.salegrow销售额增长了10%.A growing number of people work from home.grownumb越来越多的人在家里工作。grow rapidly/slowly/steadilyThe economy has grown steadily.havegrow经济稳步增长。grow inSkiing has grown in popularity.skihavegrow滑雪变得越来越流行。2[intransitive and transitive] if plants grow, or if you grow plants, they develop and get bigger: Weeds were growing everywhere.weedbegrow到处都长着杂草。We grow our own vegetables.vegetable我们自己种蔬菜吃。3[intransitive and transitive] if your hair or nails grow, or if you grow them, they get longer because you do not cut them: I’ve decided to grow my hair long.decide我已决定把头发留长。4grow old/bored/strong etc to become old, bored etc: He was growing old, and becoming forgetful.begrowbecome他年事渐高﹐变得健忘了。We were lost, and it was growing dark.belosebegrow我们迷路了﹐天色越来越黑。THESAURUS becomePhrasal verbsgrow into somebody/something verb1to develop and become a particular kind of person or thing: Joe grew into a handsome young man.grow乔长成了一个英俊的年轻人。2if children grow into clothes, they become big enough to wear themgrow on somebody phrasal verb if something grows on you, you gradually like it more and more: The CD grows on you.grow这张激光唱片你会越听越喜欢。grow out of something phrasal verb1if children grow out of clothes, they become too big to wear them2to stop doing something as you become older: Sarah still sucks her thumb, but she’ll grow out of it.suck莎拉仍然吮大拇指﹐不过她长大后就会改掉的。grow up phrasal verb1to gradually change from being a child to being an adult: What do you want to be when you grow up?你长大后想做什么？I grew up in Paris (=I lived in Paris when I was a child).grow我在巴黎长大。THESAURUS live2to start to exist or develop gradually: Villages grew up along the river.villagegrow一座座村子沿河慢慢形成。Word Choice: grow or grow up?Grow means to become bigger or taller. Grow up means to develop from being a child to being an adult.Do not say ‘I was born and grew in Tokyo.’ SayI was born and grew up in Tokyo.begrow（我在东京出生、长大。） |
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