1plants/seeds 植物/种子HBPGROW PLANTS, VEGETABLES ETC to put plants or seeds in the ground to grow 种植,栽种;播种
Residents have helped us plant trees.
居民们帮助我们种了树。
We’ve planted tomatoes and carrots in the garden.
我们在菜园里种了番茄和胡萝卜。
plant a field/garden/area etc (with something)
a hillside planted with fir trees
种着杉树的山坡
2put STH somewhere 把某物放在某处 [always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] informalPUT to put something firmly in or on something else 牢牢插进;稳固地放置
plant something in/on etc something
He came up to her and planted a kiss on her cheek.
他走上前去,在她脸颊上深深一吻。
She planted her feet firmly to the spot and refused to move.
她双脚钉在那里,不肯移步。
3hide illegal goods 藏匿非法物品 informalSCC to hide stolen or illegal goods in someone’s clothes, bags, room etc in order to make them seem guilty of a crime 栽〔赃〕
plant something on somebody
She claims that the police planted the drugs on her.
她声称这些毒品是警察给她栽的赃。
4BOMB 炸弹plant a bombSCto put a bomb somewhere 放置炸弹
Two men are accused of planting a bomb on the plane.
两名男子被控在飞机上放置炸弹。
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plant a bomb• Policediscovered that a bomb had been planted in the busstation.• He did five himself in Long Kesh in the early seventies for planting a bomb.• He wanted to plant a bomb in the middle of the busymarket, but he was a day early.• Suspected rebels last week planted a bomboutside the prime minister's home, although no one was injured in the blast.• You'd never have thought anyone would plant a bomb there.
5person 人SPY to put or send someone somewhere, especially secretly, so that they can find out information 〔秘密〕安插〔人以获取信息〕
The police had planted undercover detectives at every entrance.
警方在每个入口处都布了密探。
6plant an idea/doubt/suspicion (in somebody’s mind)BELIEVEto make someone begin to have an idea, especially so that they do not realize that you gave them the idea 使想法/怀疑/猜疑植根于(某人的头脑),(给某人)灌输想法/怀疑/猜疑
Someone must have planted the idea of suicide in his mind.
一定是有人在他的脑子里灌输了自杀的念头。
Examples from the Corpus
plant an idea/doubt/suspicion (in somebody’s mind)• Their conversation had planted doubts in Dennis' mind about the partnership.
7plant something ↔ outphrasal verbphr vGROW PLANTS, VEGETABLES ETCto put a young plant into the soiloutdoors, so that it has enough room to grow 把〔幼苗〕移植到户外
plant a field/garden/area etc (with something)• I went there every day, planted a garden, cleaned up the fields and prepared for next yearns crop.• The viewswept down to a small valley with churchspires, orderlyfarms, and freshly planted fields.• They marched directly to the native plants garden and knew exactly what to begin looking for.
plant something on somebody• Someone must have planted the drugs on her.
From Longman Business Dictionary
plantplant /plɑːntplænt/ nounMANUFACTURING
1[uncountableU] the machinery and equipment used in an industrial process or activity
There is a desperate need to rebuild the stock of productive plant and equipment in this country.
2[countableC] a factory or building where an industrial process takes place or a product is made
a chemical plant
The Japanese car company plans to spend $600 million on a new engine plant.
1living thing生物ADJECTIVE | VERB + PLANT | PLANT + VERB | PLANT + NOUNADJECTIVE➤delicate嬌弱的植物▸➤wild野生植物➤native原生植物▸➤rare稀有植物▸➤garden, house, indoor, potted園林/室內盆栽/室內/盆栽植物▸➤exotic, tropical異國/熱帶植物▸➤medicinal藥用植物▸➤food食用植物◇The butterfly's sole food plant is wild lupine.這種蝴蝶的唯一食用植物是野生羽扇豆。➤crop農作物▸➤poisonous有毒植物▸➤perennial多年生植物▸➤aquatic, desert, marsh, water水生植物;沙漠植物;沼澤植物➤bedding, climbing, flowering, ornamental花壇/攀緣/有花/觀賞植物➤woody木本植物▸➤herbaceous, leguminous (bothtechnical術語) 草本/豆科植物▸➤strawberry, tomato, etc.草莓、番茄等植株VERB + PLANT➤cultivate, grow培育/栽種植物▸➤water澆灌植物➤protect保護植物PLANT + VERB➤develop, grow植物生長▸➤flourish植物生長茂盛▸➤die植物枯萎▸➤absorb sth植物吸收⋯◇Plants absorb carbon in the form of carbon dioxide.植物吸收二氧化碳中的碳。➤produce sth植物產生⋯PLANT + NOUN➤roots植物的根莖▸➤growth植物的生長▸➤life植物◇Much of the local plant life has been destroyed by the chemicals.當地很多植物已經被化學品摧毀了。➤species, variety植物種類/品種➤population植物種群➤material, matter, tissue植物材料/物質/組織➤cell植物細胞▸➤pot花盆➤food植物養料▸➤science植物學plant
1put plants/seeds in the ground to grow種植ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤carefully細心栽種▸➤deliberately有意種植◇weeds that had not been deliberately planted並非有意種植的草PREPOSITION➤in栽種在⋯裏◇Carefully plant your cutting in the soil.將插條小心地栽種到土裏。➤with栽種着⋯◇The garden was planted with roses and other shrubs.花園裏種着玫瑰和其他灌木。PHRASES➤densely planted稠密栽種◇The Bordeaux area is densely planted with vine.波爾多地區密集種植着葡萄。➤newly planted, recently planted新近/最近栽種的◇recently planted maples最近栽種的楓樹➤widely planted廣泛種植◇Zinfandel is California's most widely planted red grape.仙粉黛是加州種植最廣泛的紅葡萄。plant
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2put sth firmly in a place/position放置ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤firmly, squarely牢固地/穩妥地安放◇She planted a kiss squarely on his cheek.她鄭重地在他面頰上印上一個吻。PREPOSITION➤on安放在⋯上◇He was determined to keep both feet firmly planted on dry land.他堅持不下水。
plant noun ⇨factory (a nuclear power plant)⇨technology (a company invests in plant and equipment)plant verb ⇨farm (land planted with trees)⇨put1 (plant a flag)