VQC 2408 growth

growth　[groɵ] n. (pl. growths) 

詞析魔法：

grow【增長】 + -th。

grow- 

這組字或字根有著共同的起源，原始印歐語 *ghre- “to grow, become green”。

-th 

表名詞，通常指抽象名詞。

① [U] 生長;成長;發育;發展 

My cat has reached its full growth. 我的貓已完全成長。 

economic growth 經濟的成長 

② [U] [或作a growth](大小、長度、數量的)增加 

There has been a sudden growth in the number of unemployed this year. 今年失業人數突然增加。 

Asia has seen a rapid population growth. 亞洲有了人口的迅速增加。 

③ [U] 栽培,培養<of> 

the growth of fruit 水果的栽培 

oranges of foreign [home] growth 外國產[國產]的橙
vegetables of one's own growth 自己栽培的蔬菜 

④ [C]

⑴ 生長物(草木、毛髮等) 

There was a thick growth of weeds in the garden. 那座花園裡雜草叢生。 

He shaved off a week's growth of beard. 他刮掉了長了一星期的鬍鬚。 

⑵ 腫瘤 

a malignant growth 惡性腫瘤 

cancerous growths 癌腫 

名詞變化：
單數: growth
複數: growths

同義字：
production　 n. 　生產
produce　 n. 　生產物
lump　 n. 　腫瘤
tumor　 n. 　腫瘤
progress　 n. 　進展