Bud



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 芽; 花蕾
• ［英］ n. 芽; 花蕾 ( small knob from a flower)
• ［例］ Buds appear on the trees in spring .

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English budde
• Date: 14th century
• 1. a small lateral or terminal protuberance on the stem of a plant that may develop into a flower, leaf, or shoot
• 2. something not yet mature or at full development: as
  • a. an incompletely opened flower
  • b. child, youth
  • c.
    • (1) an outgrowth of an organism that differentiates into a new individual ; gemma
    • (2) an outgrowth having the potential to differentiate and grow into a definitive organ or part ; primordium <an embryonic limb bud>
• 3. buddy

II. verb (budded; budding)

• Date: 14th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1. of a plant
    • a. to set or put forth buds
    • b. to commence growth from buds
  • 2. to grow or develop from or as if from a bud
  • 3. to reproduce asexually especially by the pinching off of a small part of the parent
• transitive verb
  • 1. to produce or develop from buds
  • 2. to cause (as a plant) to bud
  • 3. to insert a bud from a plant of one kind into an opening in the bark of (a plant of another kind) usually in order to propagate a desired variety
• ? budder noun

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