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BNC: 524 COCA: 353

grow

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grow /ɡrəʊ $ ɡroʊ/ ●●● S1 W1 verb (past tensepst grew /ɡruː/, past participlepp grown /ɡrəʊn $ ɡroʊn/)
1  increase 增加
a) [intransitiveI]INCREASE IN NUMBER OR AMOUNT to increase in amount, size, number, or strength 增多，增大，增強，增長 OPP shrink
Support for Mr Thompson is growing.
湯普森先生的支持率在上升。
grow by
Sales of new cars grew by 10% last year.
去年新車的銷量增長了10%。
grow from/to
The number of students at the college has grown from 200 to over 500.
該學院的學生人數從200名增加到了500多名。
A growing number of people are taking part-time jobs.
越來越多的人在幹兼職。
grow rapidly/slowly/steadily
The economy has grown steadily.
經濟穩步增長。
Fears are growing for the crew’s safety.
人們對船員的安危越來越擔心。
grow in
a city that is still growing in size
規模還在擴大的城市
Skiing has really grown in popularity.
滑雪真是越來越流行了。
There is growing concern about climate change.
人們越來越擔心氣候的變化。
my growing interest in China
我對中國越來越濃厚的興趣
b) [transitiveT] to make a business or part of a business bigger and more successful 加強〔公司業務〕
We want to grow the export side of the business.
我們想加強公司的出口業務。
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In everyday English, people usually say an amount or level goes up rather than grows: 在日常英語中，表示數量或程度的增加，人們一般說go up，而不說grow
Sales went up by 10% last year.
去年銷量增加了10%。
The population of the town has gone up to almost a million.
鎮上的人口增加到了將近100萬。
► see thesaurus at become, increase
2  person/animal 人/動物 [intransitiveI]GROW/GET BIGGER to become bigger, taller etc over a period of time in the process of becoming an adult 成長，長大 OPP shrink
You’ve really grown since I last saw you.
你比我上次見到時長了不少啊。
Victor seemed to grow taller every day.
維克托好像一天比一天高。
grow 2 inches/5 cm etc
Stan grew two inches in six months.
斯坦在六個月裏長高了兩英寸。
3  plants 植物
a) [intransitiveI]GROW/GET BIGGER if plants grow, they exist and develop in a natural way 生長
a tree which will grow well in most types of soil
在大部分土壤裏都能生長得很好的一種樹
The plants grow wild (=grow without anyone looking after them) by the river.
這些植物在河邊自然生長。
b) [transitiveT]GROW PLANTS, VEGETABLES ETC to make plants or crops develop and produce fruit or flowers 種植 → raise
Many families own plots of land to grow food.
許多人家都有自己的小塊土地種植糧食。
Britain grows 6,000,000 tonnes of potatoes a year.
英國一年種植600萬噸馬鈴薯。
The growing season is from April to September.
4月到9月是種植季節。
4  hair/nails 頭發/指甲
a) [transitiveT]INCREASE IN NUMBER OR AMOUNT if you grow your hair or nails, you do not cut them 留長〔頭發或指甲〕
I’ve decided to grow my hair long.
我決定把頭發留長。
grow a beard/moustache 蓄胡須/胡子
b) [intransitiveI]INCREASE IN NUMBER OR AMOUNT when hair or nails grow, they become longer 〔頭發或指甲〕變長
5  BECOMEbecome 變成
a) [intransitiveI always + adj] to change and become different quite slowly 逐漸變得
The sound was growing louder.
聲音越來越響。
Her tastes have changed as she’s grown older.
她的品位随着年齡的增長而改變了。
Donna has grown tired of being a model.
唐娜已經厭倦了當模特。
Gradually, Fiona’s eyes grew used to the darkness (=she gradually became able to see a little better).
漸漸地，費奧娜的眼睛適應了黑暗。
b) [intransitiveI] to gradually change your opinions and have a feeling that you did not have before 逐漸改變看法[産生某種感覺]
grow to like/hate/respect etc
After a while the kids grew to like Mr Cox.
過了一會兒，孩子們開始喜歡上了考克斯先生。
the city he had grown to love
他漸漸開始喜歡的城市
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In everyday English, people usually say get older/tired/angry etc rather than grow older/tired/angry etc, which sounds rather literary: 在日常英語中，人們一般說get older/tired/angry等，而不說grow older/tired/angry等，因爲後者聽上去有點像文學語言
The sound was getting louder.
聲音越來越響了。
6  improve 改善 [intransitiveI]IMPROVE to gradually become better, bigger etc 變好；變大；改善
grow as
She’s grown tremendously as a musician.
作爲一名音樂人，她成長了許多。
7. it/money doesn’t grow on trees spokenMONEY used to say that you should not waste money 錢不是從樹上長出來的〔用以表示不可浪費金錢〕
 PHRASAL VERBS
Examples from the Corpus
grow• Amy grew 6 inches last year.• It's hard to believe how much the kids have grown.• Are you growing a beard?• Her confidence grew, and soon she was able to go out driving on her own.• China's economic output continues to grow at a remarkable annual rate.• Profits in the military aircraft business grew by 28% to a record $905 million.• He used to long for his holidays and grow deeply depressed when they drew to an end.• And despite the rickety infrastructure, computer networks are growing fast.• Fears are growing for the safety of the missing children.• It's too cold for orchids to grow here.• Our lawn has all kinds of weeds growing in it.• Farmers in this area grow mainly wheat.• As we grow old, we worry more about our health.• Lower prices on inline skates have also contributed to their growing popularity.• Beth has grown quite a bit as an actress.• Mark's business grew rapidly in the first year.• Demand for new cars is growing rapidly.• Her household has grown since then.• The traditional markets of western equipment companies are growing slowly, if at all.• All this is necessary if we are to grow the business.• Jamie's grown three inches this year.• Fiona was growing tired of being treated in this way.• That staff should grow to 30, he said, and many new employees are likely to be former Polaroid workers.• As he grew to manhood, Vologsky had accepted that state of being as both normal and even desirable.• The most outrageous examples involve force-feeding massive doses of sugar substitutes to white laboratory mice, who eventually grew tumors.• I'd been waiting for forty minutes and I was beginning to grow uneasy.• It's very satisfying growing your own vegetables.
grow in• The issue of security on the Internet has been growing in importance in the past few years.
grow taller• After a while they brought their bowls out of the cupboard and the green leaves grew taller and flower buds began to fatten.• He grows taller but barely grows up and will never grow old.
growing season• This region has a fairly short growing season.• Also, you could then irrigate the lower valley lands, which usually have better soil and a longer growing season.• In general, animals, herd sizes and farms are small: crop-growing is limited by climate and the short growing season.• It bears fruit continuously throughout the growing season.• Today, there are several okra strains that do splendidly even in shorter growing seasons.• Poor soil and short growing seasons add to the farmer's problems.• During the main growing season from April to September, frequent watering is required, adding a liquid houseplant feed each week.• A long growing season is unlikely to occur in a high rainfall area or on ground above 600 feet.
grow a beard/moustache• A bollard trying to grow a beard.• By 1966, they were allowed to grow beards.• Either that, or he had only yesterday decided to bow to fashion and grow a beard.• Men get sea legs and become catlike and grow beards.• School monitors are distinguished in many ways, the most obvious being the vermilion gown; they may also grow a moustache.• Anyone growing a beard was immediately condemned as a dangerous left wing revolutionary.
grow to like/hate/respect etc• It did not matter that it was the Rose they had grown to like.• It was the sort of match Evert has grown to hate.• I did not think I could grow to like a hairy bear, but I looked at this man with great hope.• And she had grown to like both her employers.• Miguel grew to like him, his keen mind, his quiet ways, his sharp jokes.• But he'd grow to like that.• I grew to like you more and more - I didn't try to hide it.
From Longman Business Dictionary
growgrow /grəʊgroʊ/ verb (past tensepst grew /gruː/, past participlepp grown /grəʊngroʊn/)COMMERCE
1[intransitiveI] to increase in amount, size, or degree
Seaman grew rapidly, becoming one of the largest advertisers in the New York area.
As the US starts to grow again, it will be a more attractive place in which to invest.
grow by
In the past 12 months, the labor force has grown by around 60,000.
2[transitiveT] if you grow a business activity, you make it bigger
We want to grow the export side of the business.
Origin grow
Old English growan
grow verb →REGISTER1 →REGISTER2
→PHRASAL VERBS1
Corpus
BNC: 524 COCA: 353
grow

verb¹

 1increase增加ADVERB | VERB + GROW | PREPOSITION ADVERB➤fast, quickly, rapidly快速／迅速／急速增長➤considerably, dramatically, significantly, substantially增長可觀；急劇增長；顯著增長；大大增長▸➤slowly緩慢地增長➤slightly略微增長▸➤exponentially越來越快地增長◇The business has grown exponentially over the past ten years.在過去 10 年中，該企業發展越來越快。◇Well before a billionth of a second had elapsed the universe started to grow exponentially.十億分之一秒遠未逝去，宇宙已開始成指數級地迅速增大。➤steadily穩定地增長➤constantly, continuously不斷／持續增長VERB + GROW➤seem to似乎在增長▸➤begin to, start to開始增長▸➤continue to繼續增長▸➤be expected to預期會增長PREPOSITION➤at以⋯速度增長◇The Chinese economy has grown at a record pace.中國經濟以創紀錄的速度增長。➤by以⋯幅度增長◇Profits are expected to grow by 10% next year.預計明年的利潤會增長一成。➤from從⋯開始發展◇Her media empire grew from small beginnings.她的媒體帝國是從小公司發展起來的。➤in在⋯方面增強◇She continued to grow in confidence她的信心越來越強。➤into發展成⋯◇The town grew into a city.原來的小鎮發展成了城市。
grow

verb²

 2of a person, animal, etc.人；動物ADVERB | PREPOSITION ADVERB➤fast, quickly, rapidly迅速／很快／快速成長▸➤slowly長得很慢➤normally正常生長PREPOSITION➤into長成⋯◇The small puppy quickly grew into a very large dog.小狗很快長成了大狗。➤to長到⋯◇to grow to maturity成熟；成年
grow

verb³

 3of plants, hair, etc.植物；頭髮ADVERB | VERB + GROW | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADVERB➤well生長得很好◇Tomatoes grow best in direct sunlight.西紅柿在直接日照下生長得最好。➤poorly生長得差▸➤fast, quickly, rapidly迅速地生長▸➤slowly生長緩慢➤slightly略有生長▸➤thickly, vigorously生長得稠密；生機勃勃◇the nettles that grew thickly around the house房子周圍茂密的蕁麻➤outwards/outward, upwards/upward向外／向上生長◇As the island subsided, the reef grew upward and outward.小島下沉，暗礁開始向上方和四周延伸。VERB + GROW➤allow sth to, let sth讓⋯生長◇I want to let my hair grow.我想把頭髮留起來。PREPOSITION➤from由⋯長成◇The tree grew from a small acorn.橡樹從一粒小橡子生長而來。➤into長成⋯◇Small acorns grow into great oak trees.小橡子長成大橡樹。➤to長到⋯◇These plants can grow to a height of six feet.這些植物能長到 6 英尺高。PHRASES➤grow unchecked不受約束地生長◇A rose had been allowed to grow unchecked up one of the walls.一株薔薇沿着其中一面牆蔓延滋長。
grow

verb⁴

 4make plants grow種植ADVERB | VERB + GROW | PHRASES ADVERB➤organically有機種植◇organically grown produce有機農產品➤commercially商業種植➤locally本地種植➤successfully成功栽培VERB + GROW➤be easy to容易種植◇a plant which is easy to grow一種易於栽培的植物PHRASES➤grow sth from seed用種子栽培⋯
BNC: 524 COCA: 353
grow verb
⇨ become (grow old/bored) ⇨ farm (grow cabbages) ⇨ rise (grow in confidence)
BNC: 524 COCA: 353
grow
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What feelings and emotions do: come over, return, run away with...
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