首页英语词典growgrow的意思

grow

英 [grəʊ] 美[ɡro]

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近义词become increase mature develop age gain rise advance progress

vi. 发展；生长；渐渐变得…
vt. 使生长；种植；扩展
n. (Grow)人名；(英)格罗

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词态变化

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

中文词源

grow 增加

来自PIE*ghre, 生长，词源同grass,green.

英英释意

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"

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"

英文词源

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]

同义词辨析

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。

考试真题

It will recover as population grows.

It grows sophisticated with practice.

But I know if you don't grow, you stand still, and that doesn't work for me.

Today, cooler countries grow most of the world’s carrots.

Unable to buy grain or grow their own, hungry people take to the streets.

On the demand side, those trends include the ongoing addition of more than 70 million people a year, a growing number of people wanting to move up the food chain to consume -72- highly grain-intensive meat products, and the massive diversion ( ' , 转向) of U.S. grain to the production of bio-fuel.

As demand for food rises faster than supplies are growing, the resulting food-price inflation puts severe stress on the governments of many countries.

As artificial intelligence ( ' , AI) becomes increasingly sophisticated, there are growing concerns that robots could become a threat.

Was it because of the growing attraction of the Internet, video games and endless TV channels? Never disconnecting from work? No matter how it happened, millions of Americans are putting their health, quality of life and even length of life in danger.

We are at a point where in much of the developed world the vast majority of young people grew up playing video games, and an increasingly high percentage of adults play these video games too, Werbach says.

They are under growing pressure to balance their national budgets.

In the growth mind-set classes, students read and discussed an article entitled You Can Grow Your Brain.

A recent report suggests that the global gamification market will grow from $1.65 billion in 2015 to $11.1 billion by 2020.

They were taught that the brain is like a muscle that gets stronger with use and that learning prompts the brain to grow new connections.

He says he must grow different kinds of tea if he is to survive.

He has been growing tea in the Kerugoya area for 40 years.

In some cases, schools should help children find new, more grown-up ways of doing the same things that are constant sources of joy: making art, making friends, making decisions.

Grown-ups are likely to think that learning to children is what medicine is to patients.

But what did Carnegie-Mellon yield in Pittsburgh? And what happened in Ithaca, home of Cornell University, which is also high on the list?I grew up in Pittsburgh and went to college at Cornell, so I can answer for both.

Back in the 1950s most of us grew up in households where Mom cooked virtually every night.

Dr.Ben Carson grew up in a poor single-parent household in Detroit.

But as the nursing shortage worsens, a growing number of schools and hospitals are establishing "fast-track programs" that enable college graduates with no nursing experience to become registered nurses with only a year or so of specialized training.

In recent years, a growing body of research has shown that our appetite and food intake are influenced by a large number of factors besides our biological need for energy, including our eating environment and our perception of the food in front of us

High school degrees offer far less in the way of preparation for work than they might, or than many other nations currently offer, creating a growing skills gap in our economy.

the number of families in need of food assistance began to grow.

which grew out of volunteerevening seminars for students.

With the world's population estimated to grow from six to nine billion by 2050, researchers.

But despite this, our children are growing up nature-deprived (丧失).

The increasing emphasis for the growing population of old people is in quality rather than quantity of years

The project is a growing one and is spread from the park to the school and the shopping center.

A growing number of Americans are seeing the accumulation and distribution of computerized date as a frightening invasion of their privacy.

Surveys show that the number of worried Americans has been steadily growing over the years as the computer becomes increasingly efficient, easier to operate, and less costly to purchase and maintain.

There are now growing numbers of people who live alone, single parents and children, and double-income families

But taking a cue from health experts, a group of 19 restaurant companies are pledging to offer more-healthful menu options for children at a time when concern is growing over the role of fast food in childhood obesity(肥胖症)

As I was growing up, I remember being carefully taught that independence not interdependence was everything.

And instead, I grew up believing that I was supposed to be totally independent and consequently became very reluctant to ask for help.

Growing up in San Francisco, he learnt Spanish from his immigrant parents.

Despite the growing importance of computers, however, there will always be a place and need for the personal letter

It reached the 23rd floor, and it's legend continued to grow on social media with every floor it climbed.

Many of us grow up believing that skipping breakfast is a serious mistake, even if only two thirds of adults in the UK eat breakfast regularly, according to the British dietetic Association, and around three-quarters of Americans.

Most kids grow up learning they cannot draw on the walls.

Some animals grow thicker fur, or live in tree holes or underground to stay warm.

They were taught that the brain is like a muscle that gets stronger with use and that learning prompts the brain to grow new connections.

To match the growing demand, services are springing up to make it easier to publish research products online and enable other researchers to discover and cite them.

They are more likely to grow up in neighborhoods that their parents say aren't great for raising children, and their parents worry about them getting shot, beaten up or in trouble with the law.

The increasing differences in child rearing between rich and poor families reflect growing social inequality.

The class differences in child rearing are growing—a symptom of widening inequality with far-reaching consequences.

Participation grows through friends and networks and if you realize that's how they're growing, you can start to take action and bring in other students, he said.

Meanwhile, growing income inequality has coincided with the increasing importance of a college degree for earning a middle-class wage.

Interest in elite high school math competitions has grown in recent years, and in light of last summer's U.S. win at the International Math Olympiad ( ' , IMO)—the first for an American team in more than two decades— the trend is likely to continue.

In the past decade, even as income inequality has grown, some of the socioeconomic differences in parenting, like reading to children and going to libraries, have narrowed.

Children grow up learning the skills to succeed in their socioeconomic stratum（阶层） but not necessarily others.

Why should you consider taking a course in demography in college? You’ll be growing up in a generation where the baby boomers are going into retirement and dying.

They point to the growing curiosity of TV viewers.

Still, it is true that American families are growing closer at the dawn of this new millennium ( ' , 千年).

For example, only one boy said he would like to be president when he grows up.

Consumers grow wild with products labeled green.

But there are also many examples of growing wealth by trashing the environment, in rich and poor parts of the world alike, whether through unregulated mineral extraction, drastic water use for agriculture, slash-and-burn farming, or fossil-fuel-guzzling ( ' , 大量消耗) transport.

But Pay Drechsel, an environmental scientist, argues that the social and economic benefits of using untreated human waste to grow food outweigh the health risks.

As a country's wealth grows, so do its greenhouse gas emissions.

We now feel equipped to grow, he said.

The market demand for electronic devices is now either declining or not growing as fast as before.

It has just grown up a little.

In America today, even teenagers suffer from stress, and their problem is even more serious than grown-ups'.

China has arguably the fastest growing operations in Antarctica.

And when it comes to the hyper-connected super-smart world that technology firms are painting for us, it seems that consumers are growing more uneasy about handing over the massive amounts of consumer data needed to provide the personalized, customized solutions that companies need to improve their services.

The God caused the rock to grow and to lift the girls far above the ground, while its sides were scored by the claws of the angry bears.

Nijay represents a large and growing group of Americans: first-generation college students who enter school unprepared or behind.

A number of prominent economists have also argued that it's harder for the poor to climb the economic ladder today because the rungs（横档） in that ladder have grown farther apart.

"We now feel equipped to grow," he said.

All this conversion has helped Maple hill grow 40-50% every year since it began with no end in sight.

Biologist Jill Farrant of the University of Cape Town in South Africa says that nature has plenty of answers for people who want to grow crops in places with unpredictable rainfall.

But good self-control can be set to run in families in that children who have good self-control are more likely to grow up to be healthy and prosperous parents.

Children grow up learning the skills to succeed in their socioeconomic stratum (阶层) but not necessarily others.

However, as the cost of getting your own satellite in orbit drops sharply, the risks of irresponsible use grow.

Just like medical researchers use rats to test ideas for human medical treatments, botanists use plants that are relatively easy to grow in a lab or greenhouse setting to test their ideas for related species.

Of course, as most of us forget memories from our first few years as we grow older, this early long-turn memories will likely be lost in subsequent years.

Otherwise, it would be unable to grow from a seedling.

Terrie Moffitt of Duke University and her research colleagues found that kids with self-control issues tended to grow up to become adults with a far more troubling set of issues to deal with.

The Burean of Labor Statistics projects that while the number of nurses will increase by 19 percent by 2022, demand will grow faster than supply, and that there will be over one million unfilled nursing jobs by then.

We may instead find ourselves feeling guilty about the time we didn't spend watching our children grow all with our loved ones, or travelling or on the cultural or leisure suits that bring us happiness.

When the birds forget to retrieve their food—and they do sometimes—a seedling has a chance to grow.

While tasty, such seeds are delicate — they cannot bud and grow if they dry out as you may know if you've ever tried to grow a tree from an avocado pit.

A new commodity brings about a highly profitable, fast-growing industry, urging antitrust反垄断regulators to step in to check those who control its flow.

A study found that a strong nifio in 1997-98 helped America's economy grow by 15 billion, partly because of better agricultural harvest, farmers in the midwest gained from extra rain.

According to life in likes, as children grew, they became more anxious to get more public approval.

After he was put on disability for a bad back, he bought a small farm in the country, just enough to grow food for the family.

Another 15 minutes passed and I grew bored.

Another reason for corn's rise: the government encourages farmers to grow corn instead of rice to improve water quality.

As Cancandy's success grows, so does Moore's credibility as a young entrepreneur.

As data and identity theft becomes more and more common, the market is growing for biometric technologies to keep others out of private e-spaces.

As for the USA, it is almost unique among developed nations in having a population that is expected to grow by 20% from 2010—2030.

As he grows you also age, and your ambitions become more unachievable.

As our society grows old, we need the contributions of our older citizens.

As the number of tourists has grown, so has the amount of traffic on the roads.

Boom towns grow from nothing almost overnight.

But more importantly, we made a commitment to grow together as a couple.

But the disease is making a comeback, caused by a growing anti-vaccine movement and misinformation that is spreading quickly.

But what began as nothing important in public affairs has grown into a social movement.

By last year, the Yellowstone wolf population had grown to more than 170 wolves.

Cell-phones are part of a growing mountain of electronic waste like computers and personal digital assistants.

China's high-speed railways are growing from 9,000 to 25,000 kilometers in the past few years.

Confidence grows more rapidly in adults.

Deer and elk populations — major food sources for the wolf – grew rapidly.

Farmers in many countries are also adapting like this—either by growing new produce, or by growing the same things differently.

Find her eagerness to grow up.

From that day on, I grew bigger and a little more real.

Growing up, I had people telling me I was too slow, though, with an IQ of 150 at 17, I'm anything but stupid.

His recently published book, a Grammar of Thangmi with an ethnolinguistic introduction to the speakers and their culture, grows out of his experience living, working, and raising a family in a village in Nepal.

I grew anxious: what if the family had simply left the cat behind?

I grew up in a small town until I was 18 and then moved to a big city, so I have experienced the good and bad sides of both.

I'm talking about people who have stopped learning on growing because they have adopted the fixed attitudes and opinions that all too often come with passing years.

In addition, new coffee-growing techniques are poisoning the water locally, and eventually the world's groundwater.

In America the demand for oil has grown by 22 percent since 1990.

In the absence of wolves, coyote populations also grew quickly.

In the context of this discussion, it seems valuable to first find out the cause of change in the case of parents' involvement with their grown children.

In the years of my growing up, dad was strict with me.

It ends abruptly at 3, 000 meters, giving way to lands of low growing plants.

It is obvious that the way much coffee is grown affects many aspects many aspects of life, from the local environment to the global ecology.

It limits the spread of new growing techniques.

It turns out that just looking at green,growing things can reduce stress,lower blood pressure,and put people into a better mood.

Italy is the latest western European country trying to control a growing immigrant population by demanding language skills in exchange for work permits, or in some cases, citizenship.

Like the two little girls growing up at the White House, we made our own beds no one left the house until that was doneand picked up after ourselves.

Loe initially went to school to become an engineer, but she quickly learned that her enthusiasm was mainly about growing and preparing her own food.

Moreover, the new growing techniques are contributing to acidic soil conditions.

My ten-year-old was growing and changing right before my eyes, into this determined human being with a passion and a mission.

New compulsory age-appropriate relationship and sex education lessons in England should help equip children to deal with the growing demands of social media.

On a mere 1/10 of an acre in Los Angeles, Loe and her family grow, can(装罐) and preserve much of the food they consume.

One of the very best varieties for eating quality is Orleans Reinette, but you'll need a warm, sheltered place with perfect soil to grow it, so it's a pipe dream for most apple lovers who fall for it.

One's drive for scientific research may become stronger as he grows.

Our family, however, was growing together, sharing experiences and participating in one another's education.

Over 300 years its population grew gradually from 800 people to 8 million.

Over time, as/when the population grew, people began cutting food into small pieces so it would cook more quickly.

Patient as I was, after about 15 minutes, my camera scanning the sun and reviewing the shot I would eventually take, I grew frustrated.

Secondly, their muscles grew smaller and weaker.

She grew up in one of jamaica's toughest inner-city communities known as Waterhouse, where she lived in a one-room apartment, sleeping four in a bed with her mother and two brothers.

She ultimately purchased a small piece of land with her husband and began growing their own foods.

Since 2011, the country has grown more corn than rice.

Since the plants took a while to grow, he started cutting down trees to sell the wood.

So many end up in tree branches or along highways that a growing number of cities do not allow them at checkouts.

Support is growing for a theory that sleep evolved so that connections between neurons in the brain can be weakened overnight, making room for fresh memories to form the next day.

The change in how coffee is grown from shade-grown production to full-sun production endangers the very existence of, certain animals and birds, and even disturbs the world's ecological balance.

The friendship that grew out of the experience of making that film and the sting four years later had its root in the fact that although there was an age difference, we both came from a tradition of theater and live TV.

The global population is expected to grow to 9.6 billion by 2050.

The Jazz audience continues to shrink and grow older, and the music has failed to connect with younger generations.

The microorganisms from our bodies grow uncontrollably on surfaces of the international space station, so astronauts spend hours cleaning them up each week.

The problem is that countries around the world have growing mountains of rubbish because people are throwing out more rubbish than ever before.

The study suggests that the cultures we grow up in influence the basic processes by which we see world around us.

The way to live a grow-our-own life.

Then go outside and work out a plan to translate your childhood memories into your grown-up garden.

They can purchase shade-grown coffee whenever possible, although at a higher cost.

Thinking about his children's clothes, he started growing cotton too.

This lesson about family unity stayed with the daughters as they grew up.

To my mother, the poem revealed a parent's affection when her child grows up and leaves.

To people who are used to the limited choice of apples such as golden delicious and royal gala in supermarkets, it can be quite an eye opener to see the range of classical apples still in existence, such as decio which was grown by the romans.

Warming changes key characteristics of the ocean and can affect phytoplankton growth, since they need not only sunlight and carbon dioxide to grow, but also nutrients.

We all grew up hearing people tell us to "go out and get some fresh air.

Well before the arrival of freezers, there was a demand for ice for food preservation and catering, malcolm will explain the history of importing natural ice and the technology of building ice wells, and how London's ice trade grew.

We've grown so used to this orange haze that the original glory of an unlit night--dark enough for the planet venus to throw shadow on earth.

When I grew up and entered the business world, I remember hearing my first boss say, "We all need to think like salespeople."

When John was growing up, other kids felt sorry for him.

While too many couples grow apart, we were growing together.

With farmers over the age of 65 outnumbering farmers younger than 35 by six to one, and with two-thirds of the nation's farmland in need of a new farmer, we must clear the path for talented people willing to grow the nation's food.

With time, an uncomfortable silence grew between us.

Yet there is evidence suggesting that the trend is growing.

Yet, now that I'm growing and the world I once knew as being so simple is becoming more complex, I find myself needing a way to escape.

You can plant a tree, make a meal with locally grown vegetables, or save power — the possibilities are endless.

You're not growing up anytime soon.

Some species of trees have been"read out of the party"by economics-minded foresters because they grow too slowly, or have too low a sale value to pay as timber crops.

The first and more important is the consumer's growing preference for eating out: the consumption of food and drink in places other than homes has risen from about 32 percent of total consumption in 1995 to 35 percent in 2000 and is expected to approach 38 percent by 2005.

Retail sales of food and drink in Europe’s largest markets are at a standstill, leaving European grocery retailers hungry for opportunities to grow.

Overall, Europe’s wholesale market for food and drink is growing at the same sluggish pace as the retail market, but the figures, when added together, mask two opposing trends.

Moreover, average overall margins are higher in wholesale than in retail; wholesale demand from the food service sector is growing quickly as more Europeans eat out more often; and changes in the competitive dynamics of this fragmented industry are at last making it feasible for wholesalers to consolidate.

So what does our deep future hold? A growing number of researchers and organisations are now thinking seriously about that question.

Now utopia has grown unfashionable, as we have gained a deeper appreciation of the range of threats facing us, from asteroid strike to epidemic flu and to climate change.

During the decade before the economic crisis, spending on legal services in America grew twice as fast as inflation.

Rural towns and villages have grown and will always grow.

If left to themselves, such trends will diminish the relative strength of the English language in international education markets as the demand for educational resources in languages, such as Spanish ,Arabic or Mandarin grows and international business process outsourcing in other language such as Japanese, French and German, spreads.

Mullett, it was built from 1871 to 1888 to house the growing staffs of the State, War, and Navy Departments, and is considered one of the best examples of French Second Empire architecture in the country.

As we grow up, we learn to control our emotions so they are manageable and don't dictate our behaviors, which is in many ways a good thing.

But the remaining trees draw a greater share of the available moisture, so they grow and thrive, restoring the forest's capacity to pull carbon from the air.

These lessons are very important; they're how we grow, and how we keep from making that same mistake again.

This will help to grow your internal network, in addition to being a nice break in the work day.

词组搭配

grow into

To develop so as to become

长成：发展而成为

A boy grows into a man.
男孩长成了男人

To develop or change so as to fit

逐渐适应：发展或变化以适应

She grew into her job. He grew into the relationship slowly.
她逐渐适应了工作。他慢慢地适应了这种关系

grow on 或 grow upon

To become gradually more evident to

逐渐变得，显得

A feeling of distrust grew on me.
我逐渐产生一种不信任感

To become gradually more pleasurable or acceptable to

渐渐喜爱：逐渐变得令人愉快或使人接受

a taste that grows on a person.
使人逐渐喜爱的口味

grow up

To become an adult.

长大：变成成人

grow on trees

[usu. with negative](informal)be plentiful or easily obtained

(非正式)（好像长在树上似的）伸手即可得到，极易得到

sponsorship money doesn't grow on trees in the States.
在美国赞助款不是唾手可得的。

grow on

become gradually more appealing to (someone)

越来越被…喜爱

this stuff grows on you.
这种东西会越来越吸引你。

grow out

disappear because of normal growth

因正常生长而消失

Colette's old perm had almost grown out.
科莱特烫过的头发都快长直了。

grow out of

To develop or come into existence from

产生自…：由…而发展或形成

an article that grew out of a few scribbled notes; trust that grew out of long acquaintance.
由潦草的记录而形成的文章；由长期相识而产生的信任

实用场景例句

The company profits grew by 5% last year.: 去年公司的利润增加了5%。

The family has grown in size recently.: 这家人最近添丁进口了。

She is growing in confidence all the time.: 她的信心在不断增强。

A growing number of people are going vegetarian.: 越来越多的人开始吃素了。

Fears are growing for the safety of a teenager who disappeared a week ago.: 大家对那一周前失踪少年的安危越来越担忧。

The company is growing bigger all the time.: 这家公司在不断地扩大。

You've grown since the last time I saw you!: 自从我上次见到你后，你又见长了！

Nick's grown almost an inch in the last month.: 尼克这一个月来长高了差不多一英寸。

to grow bigger/taller: 长大 / 高了

The region is too dry for plants to grow.: 这地区干燥得草木不生。

Tomatoes grow best in direct sunlight.: 西红柿在阳光直射下长得最好。

We tried to grow some copper sulphate crystals with our children.: 我们想跟孩子们一起制作硫酸铜晶体。

...crystals that grow in cavities in the rock...: 岩石洞穴中形成的水晶

To grow the business, he needs to develop management expertise and innovation across his team.: 为了拓展业务，他需要提高整个团队的管理技能和创新能力。

...a fast growing business.: 迅速发展的企业

The economy continues to grow.: 经济持续发展。

The idea for this book grew out of conversations with Philippa Brewster.: 创作这本书的想法来源于跟菲莉帕·布鲁斯特的谈话。

This political row threatens to grow into a full blown crisis.: 这场政治争端有可能演化成一场全面爆发的危机。

The boys grew into men...: 这些男孩子长成了男子汉。

Opposition grew and the government agreed to negotiate.: 反对的声音越来越高，政府只好同意进行谈判。

The number of unemployed people in Poland has grown by more than a quarter in the last month...: 上个月，波兰的失业人数增长超过了1/4。

He's growing old...: 他渐渐变老了。

I grew a little afraid of the guy next door...: 我开始有些害怕隔壁的那个家伙。

They began to grow as persons.: 他们开始长大成人了。

I'd better start growing my hair.: 我最好开始留头发。

Then the hair began to grow again and I felt terrific.: 然后，头发又长起来了，我感觉棒极了。

Lettuce was grown by the Ancient Romans.: 古罗马人最先种植莴苣。

I always grow a few red onions...: 我总是喜欢种一些红洋葱。

The station had roses growing at each end of the platform.: 车站月台的两头种着玫瑰花。

We stop growing at maturity.: 我们成年之后不再长个儿。