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  • [bʌd]

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  • Conjugation : past  budded ; ing  budding
  • Derivatives : n  budder ; adj  budlike
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

bud [b^d]
  1. 1. noun [c] (on tree,plant) (leaf bud) 芽
  2. 2. noun (flower bud) 蓓蕾
  3. 3. vi. (produce leaves) 萌芽
  4. 4. vi. (produce flowers) 出花苞
    to nip sth in the bud
    [inf] 把某事消灭萌芽状态

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

bud [bʌd]
  1. 1. noun [Person Name] 巴德
  2. 2. n.[c] [Botany] 花苞花蕾
    Herbivores eat the leaves, buds, flowers or fruits of plants.
    食草动物植物的叶子花蕾鲜花果实食物
  3. 3. n.[c] [Botany] 芽,嫩芽
    The plant needs careful attention as the buds begin to swell.
    这颗植物需要小心呵护因为开始出芽了。
  4. 4. vt. 发芽萌芽长出花苞
    It was spring time, and the orange trees were budding across the plains.
    春天来了,平原到处都是长满花蕾的橘子树。
    The hibiscus is budding!
    芙蓉开始发芽了。
  5. 5. vt. 开始生长开始发展
    There is help out there for budding entrepreneurs.
    那里对刚起步企业有各种优惠条件

Collins English-English Dictionary

bud [b^d]
  1. 1. n a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals
  2. 2. n a partially opened flower
  3. 3. n (in combination)
    rosebud
  4. 4. n any small budlike outgrowth
    taste buds
  5. 5. n something small or immature
  6. 6. n an asexually produced outgrowth in simple organisms, such as yeasts, and the hydra that develops into a new individual
  7. 7. n a slang word for marijuana
  8. 8. vi. [intr] (of plants and some animals) to produce buds
  9. 9. vi. [intr] to begin to develop or grow
  10. 10. vt. [tr] [horticulture] to graft (a bud) from one plant onto another, usually by insertion under the bark
  11. 11. vt. [Etymology] C14 budde, of Germanic origin; compare Icelandic budda purse, Dutch buidel
bud [b^d]
  1. 1. n short for buddy

Examples

New blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit.
新血管从已经膨胀的血管床上长出来以弥补营养缺乏。
an axillary bud
conduplicate leaves in the bud
柳树开始抽芽了。
The willow trees have begun to bud.
扼杀在萌芽状态中
nip in the bud
处于萌芽状态
in the embryonic stage; in the bud
矛盾的胚芽
a contradiction in the bud
花苞
(flower) bud
这么嫩弱的花蕾怎么能经得起暴风雨的吹打呢?
How could such a tender bud survive the thunderstorm?

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