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🇺🇸 /ɡɹˈoʊ/ 🇬🇧 /ˈɡɹəʊ/

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grow主要表示“变得更大、更成熟或逐渐呈现某种状态”，也可指植物生长、培育植物；此外，Grow还是一个英语姓氏。

💡 记忆钩子

把grow想成一株植物从种子到成熟：它可以自己“长大”（grow larger）、在某处“生长”（grow somewhere）、冒出新芽（grow），人也能随着时间“成长成熟”（grow mature）；人还可以让植物长起来（grow plants），甚至逐渐变得聪明、安静等（grow wise/quiet）。

📝 学习建议

先掌握“自己变大或成熟”和“种植、培育”两条主线，再学习“逐渐变得……”的用法。
不要把grow只理解成“长高”；它也能表示数量增加、植物存在于某处，以及人的性格或状态逐渐变化。

📖 中文释义

name

common 姓氏

📖 Grow也是一个英语姓氏，和动词grow在这里是两种不同的用法。

💡 作姓氏时通常写作大写的Grow，并和名字或称谓连用。不要根据动词“生长”的意思去理解人名；具体读音应以当事人的读法为准。

Dr. Grow will speak at the conference.

Grow博士将在会议上发言。

Grows plural

verb

core 变大；增加

📖 主语本身逐渐变大、变高或增加，不一定只指人的身高，也可以指数量、规模等增长。

💡 常用“grow + 形容词”或“grow + 数量/规模”来说明变大的结果。这里grow是不及物或状态变化用法，不能把它误当成“使某物变大”；要表达后者，通常需要带宾语或改用其他使役表达。

ergative

The puppy grew very quickly during its first year.

这只小狗在第一年长得很快。

The company grew from ten employees to more than a hundred.

这家公司从十名员工发展到了一百多人。
common 生长于；存在于

📖 指植物或其他生物在某个地方生长、存在，重点是“在这里长着”，而不是强调突然出现。

💡 常用“grow + 地点”或“grow in/on + 地点”表示某种植物在哪里生长。主语通常是植物、作物或真菌；不要只把grow理解为“种植”，因为这里没有说明是谁培育它。

ergative

Wild herbs grow along the riverbank.

野生草本植物生长在河岸边。
common 长出；萌发

📖 指新芽、叶子、毛发等从原本没有的状态逐渐出现，像植物从种子或枝干上冒出来。

💡 常用“grow + 名词”或“名词 + grow on/in + 位置”描述某物长出来。这个用法强调形成和出现的过程；若只是说某物已经在那里，通常用be或存在类表达更自然。

intransitive

Small green shoots began to grow after the rain.

下雨后，细小的绿芽开始长出来。
core 成长；成熟

📖 指人随着年龄、经历或时间发展，逐渐成熟，也可以指能力、理解力和性格不断发展。

💡 常见结构有“grow up”表示长大，以及“grow to + 动词”表示逐渐开始做某事或形成某种感受。不要把grow up机械地译成“向上生长”；谈人的成长时，它通常指从童年走向成熟。

intransitive

She grew more confident after joining the team.

加入团队后，她变得更加自信了。

Children grow through play, practice, and relationships.

孩子通过玩耍、练习和人际关系逐渐成长。
core 种植；培育

📖 表示人让植物在土地或其他环境中长起来，也就是栽种、培育某种作物。

💡 常用“grow + 植物/作物”作及物动词，说明谁种什么；也可用“grow + 作物 + in/on + 地点”补充种植地点。这里有直接宾语，和表示植物自己生长的用法不同。

transitive

We grow tomatoes and herbs on our balcony.

我们在阳台上种西红柿和香草。

This farmer grows rice without chemical pesticides.

这位农民种植水稻时不用化学农药。
common 逐渐变得

📖 指某人或某物随着时间逐渐呈现出一种新的性质或状态，重点是变化慢慢形成。

💡 常用“grow + 形容词”表示逐渐变得某种样子，也可用“grow to be + 名词/形容词”表达逐渐成为某种人或状态。它强调变化过程，比单纯的be更有“慢慢形成”的意味；不要把它误当成瞬间变化。

copulative

The room grew quiet after the announcement.

通知之后，房间里逐渐安静下来。
rare 黏住；固定住

📖 这是过时用法，表示某物逐渐贴牢或固定在某处，可看作“长到一起”的古老引申义。

💡 这种用法主要出现在古旧或文学文本中，现代日常英语里通常不用grow表达“黏住”或“固定住”。阅读到它时，要根据上下文理解为逐渐贴合，而不要套用现代“成长”义。

intransitive obsolete

grows present,singular,third-person growing participle,present grew past growed dialectal,past grown participle,past growed dialectal,participle,past

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 10 组

come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); ; ;

同义词集: grow develop produce get acquire

He grew a beard

The patient developed abdominal pains

I got funny spots all over my body

Well-developed breasts

上位: change 下位: cut, feather, fledge, leaf, pod, spring, sprout, stock, stool, tiller

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

同义词集: turn grow

The weather turned nasty

She grew angry

上位: change 下位: bald, turn

become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain;

同义词集: grow

The problem grew too large for me

Her business grew fast

上位: increase 下位: augment, boom, branch, climb, develop, enlarge, expand, flourish, go up, lengthen, mushroom, prove, ramify, rise, root, spread out, stretch, thrive

increase in size by natural process; ;

同义词集: grow

Corn doesn't grow here

In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees

her hair doesn't grow much anymore

上位: develop 下位: bourgeon, burgeon forth, cut, germinate, pullulate, shoot, sprout, spud, twin

cause to grow or develop

同义词集: grow

He grows vegetables in his backyard

上位: develop, make grow 下位: culture, root, rotate, swell

develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation;

同义词集: mature maturate grow

He matured fast

The child grew fast

上位: develop 下位: find, find oneself

become attached by or as if by the process of growth

同义词集: grow

The tree trunks had grown together

上位: change

grow emotionally or mature;

同义词集: develop grow

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

上位: change 下位: make

cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques; ; ;

同义词集: grow raise farm produce

The Bordeaux region produces great red wines

They produce good ham in Parma

We grow wheat here

We raise hogs here

上位: cultivate 下位: carry, keep

come into existence; take on form or shape; ; ;

同义词集: originate arise rise develop uprise spring up grow

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

上位: become 下位: come, come forth, emerge, follow, head, swell, well up

🌳 词源

grow源自古英语，最初与“生长、变绿、繁茂”有关；它和表示“绿色、草、植物生长”的一些词有历史关联。

From Middle English growen, from Old English grōwan (“to grow, increase, flourish, germinate”), from Proto-West Germanic *grōan, from Proto-Germanic *grōaną (“to grow, grow green”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow, become green”). Cognates Cognate with Dutch groeien (“to grow”), German Low German grojen (“to green; thrive; take hold; flourish”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish gro (“to grow”), Faroese grógva (“to grow”), Icelandic gróa (“to grow”); also Latin grāmen (“grass, turf; herb, plant”), herba (“grass, herbage; weeds; plant”), Ukrainian гря́ний (hrjányj, “green”). Related to growth, grass, green.

🔄 变式

grew past growed dialect growing present grown past Grows plural

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