【grow音标】 英[grəʊ] 美[groʊ]
【单词释义】 grow是什么意思：
vt.种植；扩大；扩展；增加，发育
vi.生长；渐渐变得；逐渐开始
vt.&vi.（使）留长，蓄长
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[第三人称单数] grows
[单词现在分词] growing
[单词过去式] grew
[单词过去分词] grown
【grow形近词/近似词】
outgrow vt.过度成长；过大而不适于；年长而不再需要；生物长出
eyebrow n.眉，眉毛
brow n.眉，眉毛；前额；山脊
row n.行，排；划船 vt.划船；使…成排
crow n.乌鸦；雄鸡的啼声 vi.公鸡啼鸣；欢呼；欢叫；自鸣得意
lowbrow adj. 无文化修养的，浅薄的 n. 缺乏文化修养的人
highbrow adj. 高雅的；文化修养高的 n. 有文化修养的人；知识分子
throw v.投；掷；丢；抛 n.投掷；投
【常用短语】
grow into 成长为；长大到能穿着
grow on 使越来越感兴趣；加深对…的影响
grow up 长大，长大成人
【近义词解析】
◇ 种植
grow (v. 种植)：指种植植物或庄稼，强调播种或栽种完毕后的培育过程。They grow food on their own plots of land.
plant (v. 种植)：指栽种植物或播种。Spring is the best season to plant trees.
sow (v. 播种)：指撒播种子。When do they usually sow the seeds?
◇ 成熟的
adult (adj. 成熟的，成年的)：指人或动物生理上发育成熟的，只作定语；也指待人接物具有成年人特点的。
grown-up (adj. 成年的，长大的；像成年人的)：指已长成大人的，或外表举止像成年人的。
mature (adj. 成熟的，长成的)：指人或动植物发育成熟的；通常也指小孩或年轻人在性格、情感方面趋于成熟、明白事理的。
ripe (adj. 成熟的)：多指水果、蔬菜等成熟的，也可引申指时机成熟的。
【单词例句】
◇ During the year, tiger every day in practice running, grow a lot. And the lion all beer and skittles, did not move.
在这一年里，老虎每天起早贪黑地练习跑步，长进不少。而狮子整天吃喝玩乐，一点儿也不远动。
---- The Tiger And Lion
◇ A listen to these words, was noisy in the hall immediately grew quiet.
一听这番话，本来吵吵闹闹的大厅里立刻变得鸦雀无声。
---- The Big Tiger and Little Rabbit
◇ "You got the best of me this time," said the devil, "but it won't happen again. Next time what grows above ground shall be yours, and what is under it shall be mine."
“这次让你佔了便宜，”魔鬼说，“下次可不能这样。地上的归你，地下的归我。”
---- The Peasant and the Devil
◇ She stayed in this house for seven years, and was well taken care of. And through the grace of God and her own piety her chopped-off hands grew back.
王后在这里生活了七年，受到很好的照顾。由于她虔诚地信仰上帝，因此上帝让她被砍断的双手又长了出来。
---- The Girl without Hands (II)
◇ When they did not return the father grew impatient, and said, "They have forgotten what they went after because they were playing, those godless boys."
此时，父亲正心急火燎的地等着他们把水提来，见他们去了很久还没有回来，就说道：“他们一定是闹着玩把这事给忘了。”
---- The Seven Ravens
◇ An important new industry, oil refining, grew after the Civil War. Crude oil, or petroleum (a dark, thick ooze from the earth) had been known for hundreds of years, but little use had ever been made of it.
一种重要的新兴工业 —— 炼油业在国内战争后成长起来。未加工的石油，或原油（一种深色的地下的稠浆）数百年来一直为大众所知，但是人们却很少使用过它。
---- Oil Refining
◇ The ice trade grew with the growth of cities. Ice was used in hotels, taverns, and hospitals, and by some forward-looking city dealers in fresh meat, fresh fish, and butter.
冰的买卖随着城市的发展而发展。 冰被用在旅馆、酒馆、医院以及被一些有眼光的城市商人用于肉、鱼和黄油的保鲜。
---- The Origin of Refrigerators
◇ Now, all their children have already grown up, have their own family, there’s nothing else the old couple have to worry about, all they wanted is to lead their own life free from all these years of unhappiness from their marriage, so both agree on a divorce.
现在，他们的孩子都长大成人了，也有他们各自的家庭了。于是，这对老夫妇再也没有什么事可以担忧的了。他们现在渴望的就是过各自的生活，免受这些年来婚姻带给他们的种种不幸。正因为这样，两个老人都赞同通过离婚解决事情的争端。
---- Life Together
◇ Time went by…The little boy had grown up and he no longer played around the tree.
随着时间的流逝，小男孩长大了，他不再到树旁玩耍了。
---- A Boy and His Tree
◇ She took them home and put them in a small cage. She cared them with love and the birds grew strong.
她把它们带回家，放入一个小笼子。经她悉心照料，鸟儿一天天强壮起来。