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grow

/ˈɡroʊ/ American
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  • v. 生长, 发展
  • v. 种植
  • v. 变得, 逐渐变成
Definition
  • v. to increase in size or develop
  • v. to plant and raise something
  • v. to become a particular way or state gradually
Example
Plants grow faster when they get enough sunlight and water.
植物在阳光和水分充足时长得更快。
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Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析

Compared meaning: obtain products by planting or farming (verb).

比较义项:通过种植作物或从事生产活动获得产品(动词)。

  • grow 本词

    Grow focuses on cultivating a plant so it develops naturally; the object is usually the plant or crop itself, e.g. grow tomatoes, and it fits both home gardening and farming.

    grow强调培育植物、使其自然生长的过程;宾语通常是植物或作物本身,例如grow tomatoes(种西红柿),无论是家庭园艺还是农场种植都适用。

    Farmers grow tomatoes in greenhouses to protect them from frost.

    农民在温室里种植西红柿,以保护它们不受霜冻侵害。

  • produce

    Produce highlights the output or result of an activity, whether farming or manufacturing; it often pairs with a quantity or an industry, e.g. produce rice, produce cars, and sounds more economic or industrial.

    produce强调某项活动的产出或结果,无论是务农还是工业制造;常与数量或行业搭配,例如produce rice(生产大米)、produce cars(生产汽车),听起来更偏经济或工业色彩。

    The company produces electronics that are sold all over the world.

    这家公司生产的电子产品销往世界各地。

  • farm

    Farm means to work the land as an occupation, growing crops or raising animals commercially; it often takes land as the object, e.g. farm this land, and implies large-scale, professional activity.

    farm指以种地为职业,种植作物或饲养动物以谋生;常以“土地”作宾语,例如farm this land(耕种这片土地),暗示大规模、专业化的经营活动。

    His family has farmed this land for three generations.

    他家三代人一直耕种这片土地。

Grow, produce, and farm are close here, but differ in focus. Grow focuses on cultivating a plant so it develops naturally. Produce highlights the result of an activity, farming or manufacturing, often with a quantity. Farm means working the land, growing crops commercially.

grow、produce、farm 在“种植/生产农产品”这个意思上很接近,但侧重不同:grow 强调培育植物、使其自然生长的过程;produce 强调活动的产出结果,既可指务农也可指工业制造;farm 强调以种地或养殖为职业、经营农场这件事。这里不比较 grow 表示“长大,变得”(如 grow old)的用法,也不比较 produce 作名词“农产品”或表示“出示,提供(证据等)”的意思。