新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

plant

英  [plɑːnt]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • plants

    1[U 不可数名词] 植物

    A plant is a living thing that grows in the earth and has a stem, leaves, and roots.

    双语例句

    例:

    Water each plant as often as required.

    按要求经常给每株植物浇水。

    例:

    Exotic plants thrive in humid air.

    异域植物在潮湿的空气中茁壮成长。

    2[C 可数名词] 工厂 , 电厂

    A plant is a factory or a place where power is produced.

    近义词

    factory

    双语例句

    例:

    Ford's car assembly plants.

    福特公司的汽车装配厂。

    例:

    The plant provides forty per cent of the country's electricity.

    全国总电力的40是由该厂提供的。

    3[U 不可数名词] (工业用)大型机械设备

    Plant is large machinery that is used in industrial processes.

    近义词

    machinery

    双语例句

    例:

    Companies may start to invest in plant and equipment abroad where costs may be lower.

    各公司可能要开始在国外投资大型机械设备,那里成本可能低一些。

    VERB. 动词
  • plants , planting , planted

    1[T 及物动词] 栽种

    When you plant a seed, plant, or young tree, you put it into the ground so that it will grow there.

    双语例句

    例:

    He says he plans to plant fruit trees and vegetables.

    他说他计划种植果树和蔬菜。

    2[T 及物动词] 在···上种植(植物或农作物)

    When someone plants land with a particular type of plant or crop, they put plants, seeds, or young trees into the land to grow them there.

    双语例句

    例:

    They plan to plant the area with grass and trees.

    他们计划在这一地区植树种草。

    例:

    Recently much of their energy has gone into planting a large vegetable garden.

    最近,他们的大部分精力已经花在种植一个大型蔬菜园上。

    3[T 及物动词] (稳固地)放置

    If you plant something somewhere, you put it there firmly.

    双语例句

    例:

    She planted her feet wide and bent her knees slightly.

    她双脚分开,双膝微曲。

    4[T 及物动词] 埋设(炸弹等)

    To plant something such as a bomb means to hide it somewhere so that it explodes or works there.

    双语例句

    例:

    So far no one has admitted planting the bomb.

    到目前为止,没有人承认埋设了炸弹。

    5[T 及物动词] 放置(武器、毒品等以栽赃)

    If something such as a weapon or drugs is planted on someone, it is put among their possessions or in their house so that they will be wrongly accused of a crime.

    双语例句

    例:

    He always protested his innocence and claimed that the drugs had been planted to incriminate him.

    他一直坚称自己是清白的,声称毒品是别人放的,要栽赃陷害他。

    6[T 及物动词] 安插(卧底)

    If an organization plants someone somewhere, they send that person there so that they can get information or watch someone secretly.

    双语例句

    例:

    Journalists informed police who planted an undercover detective to trap Smith.

    记者们向警方提供了信息,警方安插了一名卧底侦探诱捕史密斯。