plant /plɑːnt/ CET4 TEM4 ( planting, planted, plants )

• 1. 

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

  例：

  Water each plant as often as required.

  按要求经常给每棵植物浇水。

• 2. 

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

  例：

  He says he plans to plant fruit trees and vegetables.

  他说他计划栽种果树和蔬菜。

• 3. 

  planting N-UNCOUNT 栽种

  例：

  Extensive flooding in the country has delayed planting and many crops are still under water.

  该国大范围的洪水已经延误了栽种，许多庄稼现在还泡在水中。

• 4. 

  V-T 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. 将 (土地) 种植 (植被)

  例：

  They plan to plant the area with grass and trees.

  他们计划在这个地区植树种草。

  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。

• 5. 

  N-COUNT A plant is a factory or a place where power is produced. 工厂; 电厂

  例：

  ...Ford's car assembly plants.

  …福特公司的汽车装配厂。

• 6. 

  N-UNCOUNT Plant is large machinery that is used in industrial processes. (工业用) 大型机械设备

  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。

• 7. 

  V-T If you plant something somewhere, you put it there firmly. (稳固地) 放置

  例：

  She planted her feet wide and bent her knees slightly.

  她双脚大步稳稳分开，双膝微微弯曲。

• 8. 

  V-T To plant something such as a bomb means to hide it somewhere so that it explodes or works there. 埋设 (炸弹等)

  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。

• 9. 

  V-T 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. 放置 (武器、毒品等以栽赃) [oft passive]

  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，声称毒品是有人放置要栽赃于他。

• 10. 

  V-T If an organization plants someone somewhere, they send that person there so that they can get information or watch someone secretly. 安插 (卧底)

  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。