plant

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

Water each plant as often as required. 按要求經常給每棵植物澆水。

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

He says he plans to plant fruit trees and vegetables. 他說他計劃栽種果樹和蔬菜。

3. plantingN-UNCOUNT 栽種

Extensive flooding in the country has delayed planting and many crops are still under water. 該國大範圍的洪水已經延誤了栽種，許多莊稼現在還泡在水中。

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. 將 (土地) 種植 (植被)

They plan to plant the area with grass and trees. 他們計劃在這個地區植樹種草。

Recently much of their energy has gone into planting a large vegetable garden. 最近，他們的大部分精力已經花在種植一個大型蔬菜園上。

5. N-COUNT A plant is a factory or a place where power is produced. 工廠; 電廠

...Ford's car assembly plants. …福特公司的汽車裝配廠。

6. N-UNCOUNT Plant is large machinery that is used in industrial processes. (工業用) 大型機械設備

Companies may start to invest in plant and equipment abroad where costs may be lower. 各公司可能要開始在國外投資大型機械設備，那裡成本可能低一些。

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

She planted her feet wide and bent her knees slightly. 她雙腳大步穩穩分開，雙膝微微彎曲。

8. V-T To plant something such as a bomb means to hide it somewhere so that it explodes or works there. 埋設 (炸彈等)

So far no one has admitted planting the bomb. 到目前爲止，沒有人承認埋設了炸彈。

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、毒品等以栽賍)[oft passive]

He always protested his innocence and claimed that the drugs had been planted to incriminate him. 他一直堅稱自己是清白的，聲稱毒品是有人放置要栽賍於他。

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 (臥底)

Journalists informed police who planted an undercover detective to trap Smith. 記者們曏警方提供了信息，警方安插了一名臥底偵探誘捕史密斯。