sprout

• vi. 発芽する；芽を出す
• vt.発芽する；芽を出す
• n. 芽；新芽；苗の芽
• n. （スプラウト）人名；（英）Sprout

古英語のsprutan「芽を出す」、proto-Germanic *sprut「発芽する」、PIE *spreud「芽を出す」、PIE *sper「噴霧する」、「振りかける」、「蒔く」に由来し、語源的にはspark、sprinkleと同じ。

sprout (v.)

Old English -sprutan (in asprutan "to sprout"), from Proto-Germanic *sprut- (cognates: Old Saxon sprutan, Old Frisian spruta, Middle Dutch spruten, Old High German spriozan, German sprie?en "to sprout"), from PIE *spreud-, extended form of root *sper- (4) "to strew" (cognates: Greek speirein "to scatter," spora "a scattering, sowing," sperma "sperm, seed," literally "that which is scattered;" Old English spreawlian "to sprawl," spr?dan "to spread," spreot "pole;" Armenian sprem "scatter;" Old Lithuanian sprainas "staring, opening wide one's eyes;" Lettish sprie?u "I span, I measure"). Related: Sprouted; sprouting.

sprout (n.)

"shoot of a plant, sprout; a twig," Old English sprota, from the verb (see sprout (v.)). Cognate with Middle Dutch spruyte, Dutch spruite "a sprout," Old Norse sproti, German Spro?.

1. It only takes a few days for beans to sprout .

豆は数日で芽が出る。

2.When you sprout seeds their nutritional content increases.

種子を発芽させると、栄養含有量が向上します。

3.When the seedlings sprout ，uncover the tray.

苗が芽を出したら、皿の蓋を取ります。

4.At the age of fourteen John really began to sprout up.

ジョンは14歳の時に本格的に発育を始めた。

5.When do deer first sprout horns？

鹿はどのくらいの大きさで角が生え始めますか。