grow

v.扩大; 增加; 增强; 长大; 长高; 发育; 成长; (使)生长

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

牛津词典

verb

增加 increase

扩大；增加；增强to increase in size, number, strength or quality

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。

人；动物 of person/animal

长大；长高；发育；成长to become bigger or taller and develop into an ***

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

植物 of plant

（使）生长，发育to exist and develop in a particular place; to make plants grow

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。

I didn't know they grew rice in France.我本来不知道法国也种稻子。

头发；指甲 of hair/nails

（使）留长，蓄长to become longer; to allow sth to become longer by not cutting it

I've decided to let my hair grow.我已决定留长发。

I've decided to grow my hair.我已决定留长发。

I didn't recognize him─he's grown a beard.我没认出他来——他留胡子了。

变成；开始 become/begin

逐渐变得；逐渐成为to begin to have a particular quality or feeling over a period of time

to grow old/bored/calm变老；腻烦起来；平静下来

As time went on he grew more and more impatient.时间长了，他越来越没有耐心。

The skies grew dark and it began to rain.天渐渐黑了，又下起雨来。

逐渐开始to gradually begin to do sth

I'm sure you'll grow to like her in time.我肯定你慢慢就会喜欢她了。

培养技能 develop skills

提升品质；培养技能to develop and improve particular qualities or skills

She continues to grow as an artist.她作为艺术家不断有所提高。

业务 business

扩大；扩展；增加to increase the size, quality or number of sth

We are trying to grow the business.我们正在努力扩展业务。

柯林斯词典

VERB 生长；长大；发育When people, animals, and plants grow, they increase in size and change physically over a period of time.We stop growing at maturity.我们成年之后不再长个儿。

VERB 成活；生长If a plant or tree grows in a particular place, it is alive there.The station had roses growing at each end of the platform.车站月台的两头种着玫瑰花。

VERB 栽种；种植If you grow a particular type of plant, you put seeds or young plants in the ground and look after them as they develop.I always grow a few red onions...我总是喜欢种一些红洋葱。

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

VERB （毛发、指甲等）变长When someone's hair grows, it gradually becomes longer. Your nails also grow.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。

VERB 留长（头发或指甲）；蓄（胡须）If someone grows their hair, or grows a beard or moustache, they stop cutting their hair or shaving so that their hair becomes longer. You can also grow your nails.I'd better start growing my hair.我最好开始留头发。

VERB 成长；长大；成熟If someone grows mentally, they change and develop in character or attitude.They began to grow as persons.他们开始长大成人了。

V-LINK 变得；变成；长成You use grow to say that someone or something gradually changes until they have a new quality, feeling, or attitude.I grew a little afraid of the guy next door...我开始有些害怕隔壁的那个家伙。

He's growing old...他渐渐变老了。

He grew to love his work.他开始喜欢上他的工作了。

VERB 增加；增强；增大If an amount, feeling, or problem grows, it becomes greater or more intense.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。

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

...a growing number of immigrants.日益增长的***数量

VERB 成长为；发展为If one thing grows into another, it develops or changes until it becomes that thing.The boys grew into men...这些男孩子长成了男子汉。

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。

VERB （观点、计划等）产生于，源于If something such as an idea or a plan grows out of something else, it develops from it.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。

VERB （经济或公司）增长，扩大，发展If the economy or a business grows, it increases in wealth, size, or importance.The economy continues to grow.经济持续发展。

...a fast growing business.迅速发展的企业

VERB 扩大，壮大，发展（公司等）If someone grows a business, they take actions that will cause it to increase in wealth, size, or importance.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。

V-ERG （晶体）产生；使（晶体）形成If a crystal grows, or if a scientist grows it, it forms from a solution....crystals that grow in cavities in the rock...岩石洞穴中形成的水晶

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。

See also: grown

Be careful not to confuse the verbs grow up and bring up. Grow up is an intransitive verb, and describes the process of becoming an ***. I grew up in rural southern England. Bring up is a transitive verb, and describes the process of looking after and socializing a child. ...we both felt the town was the perfect place to bring up a family. Note then, that parents do not 'grow up' their children, they 'bring them up'.不要混淆grow up与bring up。grow up是不及物动词，描述长大成人的过程：I grew up in rural southern England（我在英格兰南部乡村长大）。bring up是及物动词，描述的是养育孩子并使之适应社会的过程：We both felt the town was the perfect place to bring up a family（我们俩都觉得这个小镇是养儿育女的理想之地）。注意：父母养育子女不能说 grow up，只能说bring them up。

双语例句

As the plants grow and start to bear fruit they will need a lot of water. 当植物生长并开始结果的时候，它们需要大量的水。

The doctor said it was colic and that she would grow out of it. 医生说她患的是腹绞痛，长大了就没事了。

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

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

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

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

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。

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

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

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

He's growing old 他渐渐变老了。

He grew to love his work. 他开始喜欢上他的工作了。

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。

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

The boys grew into men 这些男孩子长成了男子汉。

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 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。

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

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。

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。

It's a bit big, but she'll soon grow into it. 这件衣服稍大了点，但是过不了多久她就会长到可以穿了。

Slowly and strangely, the place began to grow on me. 真是不可思议，我渐渐地喜欢上这个地方了。

Most children who stammer grow out of it. 大多数口吃的儿童长大以后就好了。

The mother provides the embryo with nourishment and a place to grow 母亲为胎儿提供营养和成长的空间。

Olive groves, grapes, and citrus fruits grow in profusion. 橄榄、葡萄和柑橘类水果产量丰富。

All reptiles have to slough their skin to grow 所有爬行动物生长过程中都要蜕皮。

Hey! Look! How well the crops grow! 嘿，你看这庄稼长得多好！

We can grow sorghum or maize on this plot. 这块地可以种高粱或玉米。

Let's grow some flowers over there. 我们可以在那儿栽点儿花。

Plants can not do [ grow] without soil, water and sunlight. 植物短不了土壤、水和阳光。

同义词辨析

plantgrowsow【导航词义：种植】

plant v. 种植

〔辨析〕指栽种植物或播种。

〔例证〕Spring is the best season to plant trees.春天是最适合植树的季节。Have you planted tomatoes in the garden?你在花园里种番茄了吗？

grow v. 种植

〔辨析〕指种植植物或庄稼，强调播种或栽种完毕后的培育过程。

〔例证〕They grow food on their own plots of land.他们在自己的小块土地上种粮食。Do you know how many tons of tomatoes America grows a year?你知道美国一年种植多少吨番茄吗？

sow v. 播种

〔辨析〕指撒播种子。

〔例证〕When do they usually sow the seeds?他们通常何时播种？Why do you sow these fields with oats?你们为什么在这些地里种燕麦？

短语动词

grow apart

1. （关系）变得有隔阂，逐渐疏远

grow into

1. 长得适合穿

grow on

1. 越来越被…喜欢；逐渐为…所喜爱

grow out of

1. （因自身长大或改变而）改掉（或戒除）（习惯、爱好等）2. （孩子）长大穿不下（原来的衣服）

grow up

1. 长大成人；成熟2. 别犯傻；别孩子气3. 形成；兴起；逐渐发展

短语用例

grow apart (from ***)

（与某人）逐渐疏远，渐渐产生隔阂to stop having a close relationship with *** over a period of time

grow away from ***

逐渐疏远某人；对某人的依赖（或关心）减少to become less close to ***; to depend on *** or care for *** less

grow back

（砍掉或毁坏后）又生长起来to begin growing again after being cut off or damaged

grow into sth

逐渐成长为，变为，长成（某种类型的人）to gradually develop into a particular type of person over a period of time

长大可以穿以前嫌大的衣服to grow big enough to fit into a piece of clothing that used to be too big

I've decided to let my hair grow.我已决定留长发。

I've decided to grow my hair.我已决定留长发。

I didn't recognize him─he's grown a beard.我没认出他来——他留胡子了。

对新工作等更有信心；学着做得更好to become more confident in a new job, etc. and learn to do it better

grow on ***

逐渐为某人所喜爱if ***/sth grows on you, you start to like them or it more and more

I'm sure you'll grow to like her in time.我肯定你慢慢就会喜欢她了。

grow out

因头发长长而消失to disappear as your hair grows

She continues to grow as an artist.她作为艺术家不断有所提高。

grow sth↔out

让头发长长以变换发型to allow your hair to grow in order to change the style

We are trying to grow the business.我们正在努力扩展业务。

grow out of sth

长得太大而穿不上衣服to become too big to fit into a piece of clothing

因长大而改掉（或革除、戒除）某习惯to stop doing sth as you become older

产生于，源于（某事物）to develop from sth

grow up

长大；成熟；成长to develop into an ***

别那么幼稚；别耍小孩子脾气；变得老成些used to tell *** to stop behaving in a silly way

逐渐发展；形成to develop gradually

习惯用语

v.

it/money doesn't grow on trees

（钱或东西不多，让人不要随便用）树上长不出钱来，那东西（或钱）来之不易used to tell *** not to use sth or spend money carelessly because you do not have a lot of it

absence makes the heart grow fonder

不相见，倍思念used to say that when you are away from *** that you love, you love them even more

not let the grass grow under your feet

（做事）不拖拉，不磨洋工to not delay in getting things done

great/tall oaks from little acorns grow

参天橡树长自小小橡实；合抱之树，生于毫末something large and successful often begins in a very small way

英英释义

verb

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

Synonym:developproducegetacquire

pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute

The weather turned nasty

She grew angry

Synonym:turn

become larger, greater, or bigger

The problem grew too large for me

Her business grew fast

increase in size by natural process

Corn doesn't grow here

In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees

her hair doesn't grow much anymore

cause to grow or develop

He grows vegetables in his backyard

develop and reach maturity

He matured fast

The child grew fast

Synonym:maturematurate

become attached by or as if by the process of growth

The tree trunks had grown together

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

Synonym:develop

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

Synonym:raisefarmproduce

come into existence

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

Synonym:originateariserisedevelopuprisespring up