| 单词 | regrow |
| 释义 | regrow, v.|riːˈgrəʊ|
[re- 5 a.]
intr. and trans. To grow again.
1872W. Reade Martyrdom of Man 411 The plant or animal grows and re-grows from within by means of a chemical operation. 1920A. S. Pringle-Pattison Idea of God 72 The Tubularia, a kind of sea-anemone, re-grows its flower-like head.
So reˈgrowth, the phenomenon of growing or increasing again, esp. the renewed growth of vegetation after partial destruction by harvesting, fire, etc.; also concr., the new vegetation that results.
1741W. Ellis Mod. Husb. May v. 85 Folding Sheep..will likewise prevent the Regrowth of the Trefoil. 1868Lyell Princ. Geol. iii. xliii. (1875) II. 483 The frequent regrowth of supernumerary digits after they have been cut off. 1891W. K. Brooks Oyster 194 The regrowth of such a bed is, therefore, exactly like the original formation of a natural bed. 1944Forestry Terminol. (Soc. Amer. Foresters) 60/1 Regrowth, herbage that grows after grazing or after the plants have gone through a period of dormancy. 1956Peterson & Fisher Wild Amer. i. 17 Other great stretches, greener and fresher than their surroundings, showed where self-sown regrowth had reclaimed old cleared areas. 1977J. L. Harper Population Biol. Plants xiv. 438 The sward was then rested from grazing until the regrowth had approached 12.5 cm. Ibid. xx. 630 This form of regrowth may be more significant than seedlings as a means of recovery after fire. 1977Listener 2 June 710/3 The National Union of Tailors and Garment Makers..see evidence of the regrowth of the sweat-shop. |
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