Word · Frequency #690
plant
种植；栽种
To put a seed or plant in the ground so it can grow.
- 1.
To place (a seed or plant) in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow.
将(种子或植物)放入土壤或其他基质中使其生长。
- 2.
To furnish or supply with plants.
用植物装饰或供应植物。
- 3.
To place (an object, or sometimes a person), often with the implication of intending deceit.
放置(物品或有时是人),常暗含欺骗之意。
- 4.
To place or set something firmly or with conviction.
牢固地放置或确立。
- 5.
To place in the ground.
放入土中；栽种。
- 6.
To engender; to generate; to set the germ of.
产生；引起；播下...的种子。
- 7.
To furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle; to establish.
使有固定有序的居民；定居；建立。
- 8.
To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of.
引入并确立(原则或种子)。
- 9.
To set up; to install; to instate.
设立；安装；任命。
在…种植；给…种上；暗置；栽（赃）；使固定；（牢牢）放置；灌输；使生根；建立；安置；任命
In use
She plants flowers in her garden every spring.
They planted a tree in front of the school.
We are planting vegetables in the backyard this weekend.
Verb forms
base plant · third person plants · -ing planting · past planted · past participle planted
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
Connections
Collocations
- plant seeds
- 播种
- We plant seeds in the spring and wait for them to grow.我们在春天播种，然后等待它们生长。
- plant trees
- 植树
- The volunteers helped plant trees along the road.志愿者们帮助沿路植树。
- plant crops
- 种植庄稼
- Farmers plant crops in the fertile soil.农民在肥沃的土壤里种植庄稼。
- plant a bomb
- 放置炸弹
- The police found where the terrorists had planted the bomb.警方找到了恐怖分子放置炸弹的地方。
- plant evidence
- 栽赃证据
- He claimed someone had planted evidence in his car.他声称有人在他车里栽赃证据。
- plant an idea
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记住：plant既可指‘植物’，也可指‘种(植)’这个动作——想象亲手把种子埋进土里。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：花园、农田、庭院 在此义项下，该词通常为中性词，口语和书面语中都比较常见，一般不带有正式或随意的特殊语气。
Grammar Note
及物动词，常用于被动结构 be planted with
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words end in /ænt/ and rhyme with plant /plænt/. Beware lookalikes such as plan /plæn/ and plane /pleɪn/, which look similar but do not rhyme.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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