sow, plant, grow

• it’s time to sow wheat now.
  現(xiàn)在該種小麥了。
• don’t sow the seeds of hatred.
  請不要撒下仇恨的種子。

• he plants rice fastest in the village.
  他在那個村子里插秧的速度最快。
• the garden was planted with chinese roses.
  園子里栽上了月季。

• they can only grow potatoes in the fields.
  他們只能在地里種土豆。
• it grows up straight and thin.
  它長得又直又細。
• it began to grow dark.
  天漸漸黑了。

名詞 plant:

1. buildings for carrying on industrial labor
   同義詞：works, industrial plant
2. a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
   同義詞：flora, plant life
3. something planted secretly for discovery by another
4. an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience

動詞 plant:

1. put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
   同義詞：set
2. fix or set securely or deeply
   同義詞：implant, engraft, embed, imbed
3. set up or lay the groundwork for
   同義詞：establish, found, constitute, institute
4. place into a river
5. place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive
6. put firmly in the mind
   同義詞：implant

1. His strange remarks planted doubts in our minds about his sanity.
   他那些怪話使我們心中生疑，不知他精神是否正常。
2. The speaker's supporters were planted in the audience and applauded loudly.
   聽眾中安插了演講人的支持者; 他們使勁給他鼓掌。
3. He stood with his feet planted wide apart.
   他兩腳叉開很大距離站著。
4. All plants need water and light.
   所有的植物都需要水和陽光。
5. April is the time to plant trees.
   四月是種樹的時候。

plant

n.（名詞）
Botany
【植物學】
Any of various photosynthetic, eukaryotic, multicellular organisms of the kingdom Plantae characteristically producing embryos, containing chloroplasts, having cellulose cell walls, and lacking the power of locomotion.
植物，樹：植物界中具有光合作用的，真核生物的多細胞生物體，其特征能產生胚，含有葉綠素，具有纖維素構成的細胞壁，且缺乏運動的能力
A plant having no permanent woody stem; an herb.
草本植物，花草：沒有永久木莖的植物；草本植物

A building or group of buildings for the manufacture of a product; a factory.
工廠：制造某一種產品的一座或一群建筑；工廠
The equipment, including machinery, tools, instruments, and fixtures and the buildings containing them, necessary for an industrial or manufacturing operation.
工廠設備：工業(yè)或制造業(yè)生產所需的設備，包括機器、工具、儀器和固定裝置，以及容納它們的建筑物
The buildings, equipment, and fixtures of an institution:
設施：某一個機構的建筑物、設備和固定裝置：
例句：
the entire plant of a university.
大學的全部設施

A person or thing put into place in order to mislead or function secretly, especially:
暗中設計：為了誤導或為了秘密活動而被安置在場中的人或物，尤指：
A person placed in a group of spectators to influence behavior.
密探：被放入一群旁觀者中影響眾人行為的人
A person stationed in a given location as a spy or an observer.
間諜：作為間諜或觀察者處在給定位置的人
A misleading piece of evidence placed so as to be discovered.
欺騙，偽裝：為了被發(fā)現(xiàn)而如此放置的一條誤導的證據(jù)
A remark or an action in a play or narrative that becomes important later.
伏筆：后來變得重要的戲劇或記敘文中的評論或情節(jié)
Slang A scheming trick; a swindle.
【俚語】 欺詐：狡猾的騙局；欺詐
v.tr.（及物動詞）
plant.ed,plant.ing,plants

To place or set (seeds, for example) in the ground to grow.
種植：撒或播種（例如種子）到土地中使其生長
To place seeds or young plants in (land); sow:
播種：在（土地中）撒入種子或幼苗；播種：
例句：
plant a field in corn.
在地里播種谷物

To place (spawn or young fish) in water or an underwater bed for cultivation:
放養(yǎng)：為繁殖而在水中或在水下河床撒入（魚卵或幼魚）：
例句：
plant oysters.
放養(yǎng)牡蠣

To stock with spawn or fish.
繁殖魚苗：用魚卵或魚放養(yǎng)
To introduce (an animal) into an area.
引進動物：將（動物）引入一個地區(qū)
To set firmly in position; fix:
固定：牢固地固定在一個位置上；固定：
例句：
planted both feet on the ground.
在地上站穩(wěn)雙腳

To establish; found:
建立：設立；成立：
例句：
plant a colony.
建立殖民地

To fix firmly in the mind; implant:
灌輸：牢牢地固定在頭腦中；灌輸：
例句：
.The right of revolution is planted in the heart of man.(Clarence Darrow)
.革命的權力深植人心.(克拉倫斯·達羅)

To station (a person) for the purpose of functioning in secret, as by observing, spying, or influencing behavior:
安插：為了秘密活動的目的而安置（一個人）來觀察，監(jiān)視或影響眾人的行為：
例句：
Detectives were planted all over the store.
偵探已安插在商店的各個角落

To place so as to be discovered and to mislead:
安置：為了被發(fā)現(xiàn)及誤導而安放：
例句：
planted a gun on the corpse to make the death look like suicide.
在尸體上放置手槍，使死亡看起來象自殺

Slang To conceal; hide.
【俚語】 隱藏；隱瞞
Slang To deliver (a blow or punch).
【俚語】 給予打擊：給予（一拳或重擊）

來源：
Middle English plante
中古英語 plante
from Old English
源自 古英語
Old French
古法語
both from Latin planta [shoot, sole of the foot] * see plat-
都源自 拉丁語 planta [新芽，腳底] *參見 plat-

【引伸】
plant.able
adj.（形容詞）