plant2 ●●○ verb [transitiveT] 1
plants/seeds 植物/种子HBPGROW PLANTS, VEGETABLES ETC to put plants or seeds in the ground to grow 种植,栽种;播种 Residents have helped us plant trees. 居民们帮助我们种了树。
We’ve planted tomatoes and carrots in the garden. 我们在菜园里种了番茄和胡萝卜。
plant a field/garden/area etc (with something) a hillside planted with fir trees 种着杉树的山坡
2 put STH somewhere 把某物放在某处 [always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] informalPUT to put something firmly in or on something else 牢牢插进;稳固地放置plant something in/on etc something He came up to her and planted a kiss on her cheek. 他走上前去,在她脸颊上深深一吻。
She planted her feet firmly to the spot and refused to move. 她双脚钉在那里,不肯移步。
3 hide illegal goods 藏匿非法物品 informalSCC to hide stolen or illegal goods in someone’s clothes, bags, room etc in order to make them seem guilty of a crime 栽〔赃〕plant something on somebody She claims that the police planted the drugs on her. 她声称这些毒品是警察给她栽的赃。
4 BOMB 炸弹plant a bomb SCto put a bomb somewhere 放置炸弹 Two men are accused of planting a bomb on the plane. 两名男子被控在飞机上放置炸弹。
plant a bomb• Police discovered that a bomb had been planted in the bus station.• He did five himself in Long Kesh in the early seventies for planting a bomb.• He wanted to plant a bomb in the middle of the busy market, but he was a day early.• Suspected rebels last week planted a bomb outside the prime minister's home, although no one was injured in the blast.• You'd never have thought anyone would plant a bomb there. 5 person 人SPY to put or send someone somewhere, especially secretly, so that they can find out information 〔秘密〕安插〔人以获取信息〕 The police had planted undercover detectives at every entrance. 警方在每个入口处都布了密探。
6 plant an idea/doubt/suspicion (in somebody’s mind) BELIEVEto make someone begin to have an idea, especially so that they do not realize that you gave them the idea 使想法/怀疑/猜疑植根于(某人的头脑),(给某人)灌输想法/怀疑/猜疑 Someone must have planted the idea of suicide in his mind. 一定是有人在他的脑子里灌输了自杀的念头。
7 plant something ↔ out phrasal verbphr v GROW PLANTS, VEGETABLES ETCto put a young plant into the soil outdoors, so that it has enough room to grow 把〔幼苗〕移植到户外 The seedlings should be planted out in May. 幼苗应该在五月份移植到户外。
plant a field/garden/area etc (with something)• I went there every day, planted a garden, cleaned up the fields and prepared for next yearns crop.• The view swept down to a small valley with church spires, orderly farms, and freshly planted fields.• They marched directly to the native plants garden and knew exactly what to begin looking for. plant something on somebody• Someone must have planted the drugs on her.
From Longman Business Dictionary
plantplant /plɑːntplænt/ nounMANUFACTURING1[uncountableU] the machinery and equipment used in an industrial process or activityThere is a desperate need to rebuild the stock of productive plant and equipment in this country.
2[countableC] a factory or building where an industrial process takes place or a product is madea chemical plant
The Japanese car company plans to spend $600 million on a new engine plant.
a nuclear power plant
→ assembly plant → fabrication plant → manufacturing plant → packing plant