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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

plant [plɒːnt]
  1. 1. noun [c] 植物
  2. 2. noun [u] (machinery) 机器
    new plant and equipment
    新的机器设备
  3. 3. noun [c] (factory,power station) 工厂
  4. 4. vt. [+flower] [ tree] [ crop etc] 栽种
  5. 5. vt. [+field] [ garden] 种植
    Alongside the road was a field planted with maize.
    路的两边是种了玉米田地
  6. 6. vt. [+microphone] [ bomb] (put secretly) 安放
    They had planted the bomb beneath the house.
    他们房子安放炸弹
  7. 7. vt. [+incriminating evidence] 栽赃
    I'm convinced the evidence was planted in John's flat.
    相信约翰房里发现证据栽赃的。
  8. 8. vt. [+object] [ kiss] (place) 放置

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

plant [plɑːnt]
  1. 1. n.[c] 工厂
    They built a large plant to manufacture automobiles.
    他们建了一座大型工厂制造汽车
  2. 2. n.[c] [Botany] 植物
  3. 3. noun 假装观众演员
  4. 4. n.[c] 栽赃物,伪证
    He claimed that the evidence against him was a plant.
    声称针对他的不利证据伪证
    The police used a plant to trick the thieves.
    警察使用事先设计证物引诱小偷
  5. 5. noun 间谍卧底眼线
  6. 6. noun 机械设备,装置
  7. 7. verb 种,播种栽种
    Let's plant flowers in the garden.
    我们花园里种些花吧。
  8. 8. vt. 插进;固定
    The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum.
    牙医给他在牙龈上装了颗新牙。
    He planted a knee in the back of his opponent.
    他在背后对手使绊子。
  9. 9. vt. 建立设立设置
  10. 10. vt. 放养养殖
  11. 11. vt. 放置安插
  12. 12. vt. 灌输,把……注入头脑
  13. 13. vt. 在……种植

Collins English-English Dictionary

plant [plɒːnt]
  1. 1. n any living organism that typically synthesizes its food from inorganic substances, possesses cellulose cell walls, responds slowly and often permanently to a stimulus, lacks specialized sense organs and nervous system, and has no powers of locomotion
  2. 2. n such an organism that is green, terrestrial, and smaller than a shrub or tree; a herb
  3. 3. n a cutting, seedling, or similar structure, esp when ready for transplantation
  4. 4. n [Spoken] a thing positioned secretly for discovery by another, esp in order to incriminate an innocent person
  5. 5. n [billiards] [snooker] a position in which the cue ball can be made to strike an intermediate which then pockets another ball
  6. 6. vt. [tr] [often foll by out] to set (seeds, crops, etc) into (ground) to grow
  7. 7. vt. to place firmly in position
  8. 8. vt. to establish; found
  9. 9. vt. to implant in the mind
  10. 10. vt. [Slang] to deliver (a blow)
  11. 11. vt. [Spoken] to position or hide, esp in order to deceive or observe
  12. 12. vt. to place (young fish, oysters, spawn, etc) in (a lake, river, etc) in order to stock the water
  13. 13. vt. See also plant out
  14. 14. vt. [Etymology] Old English, from Latin planta a shoot, cutting
plant [plɒːnt]
  1. 1. n the land, buildings, and equipment used in carrying on an industrial, business, or other undertaking or service
  2. 2. n (as modifier)
    plant costs
  3. 3. n a factory or workshop
  4. 4. n mobile mechanical equipment for construction, road-making, etc
  5. 5. n [Etymology] C20: special use of plant1

Examples

adventitious leaves on a plant
植物的不定叶
plant life
植物
the power plant of a ship
船舶发电装置
a potted plant
盆栽植物
the power plant of an automobile
汽车动力设备
to tear a plant up by its roots
把植物连根拔起
a plant that breeds true
纯种植物

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