grow
verb uk/ɡrəʊ/ us/ɡroʊ/ grew | grown
(INCREASE)
A2 [ I or L or T ]增多；增大；增强；增长；成长；长大
to increase in size or amount, or to become more advanced or developed
Children grow so quickly. 孩子们长得很快。
This plant grows best in the shade. 这种植物在背阴处长得最好。
She's grown three centimetres this year. 她今年长高了3厘米。
Football's popularity continues to grow. 足球运动越来越受欢迎。
The labour force is expected to grow by two percent next year. 劳动力人口明年预计会增长2%。
The male deer grows large, branching horns called antlers. 雄鹿头上长着分岔的大角，即鹿角。
B1 [ I or T ]（头发或指甲）长长，留长，蓄长
If your hair or nails grow, or if you grow them, they become longer.
Lottie wants to grow her hair long. 洛蒂想留长头发。
Are you growing a beard? 你在留胡子吗？
Wow, your hair's grown! 天哪，你的头发长起来了！
A2 [ I ]（植物）（自然）生长
If a plant grows in a particular place, it exists and develops there.
There were roses growing up against the wall. 墙边长着很多蔷薇，攀爬到了墙上。
A2 [ T ]（通常指为了出售而）栽培，种植
If you grow a plant, you put it in the ground and take care of it, usually in order to sell it.
The villagers grow coffee and maize to sell in the market. 村民们种植咖啡和玉米到市场上卖钱。
[ T ]增长（商业业务）
to make a business bigger by increasing sales, employing more people, etc.
We aim to grow the company by giving the customer a better deal. 我们致力于通过给顾客提供更好的服务来让我们的公司实现增长。
- More examples
- Few plants grow in tundra regions.
- India grows tea for export.
- Complaints to the Banking Ombudsman grew by 50 percent last year.
- The thickness of the mulch will prevent weeds growing around the shrubs.
- Most of the produce sold in the market is grown by peasant farmers.
(BECOME)
grow tired, old, calm, etc.B2 变得疲劳／老迈／安静（等等）
to gradually become tired, old, calm, etc.
He grew bored of the countryside. 他厌倦了乡村生活。
After more than 40 years as a couple, he and his wife are planning to grow old together. 做了40多年的夫妻，他和妻子计划着一起相守变老。
grow to do something 逐渐开始
to gradually start to do something
I've grown to like her over the months. 几个月来我已经慢慢开始喜欢她了。
Phrasal verbs
grow apart （通常因为失去共同的兴趣或愿望而）逐渐疏远，渐渐产生隔阂
If two people in a close relationship grow apart, or if they grow away from each other, they gradually begin to have a less close relationship, usually because they no longer have the same interests and want the same things.
There was nobody else involved - we just grew apart. 没有任何外人插足，我们只是渐渐疏远了。
grow into someone/something 逐渐成长为，发展为，变为（某种类型的人或物）
to develop into a particular type of person or thing
He's grown into a fine, responsible young man. 他慢慢成长为一个心地善良、有责任心的年轻人。
grow into something （孩子）长得适合穿（以前嫌大的衣服）
If children grow into clothes, they gradually become big enough to wear them.
grow on someone 逐渐为（某人）所喜爱;使（某人）越来越喜欢
If someone or something grows on you, you like him, her, or it more and more than you did at first.
I wasn't sure about this album when I bought it, but it's really grown on me. 我买这张专辑的时候心里也没谱儿，但是渐渐地我越听越喜欢了。
grow out of something （孩子）长大而穿不上（原来合身的衣服）
If children grow out of clothes, they become too big to fit into them.
（随着年龄增长而）放弃，戒除，改掉（原来的习惯）
If you grow out of an interest or way of behaving, you stop having or doing it as you become older.
Lucas says he wants to join the army when he turns 18, but I hope he'll grow out of the idea. 卢卡斯说他到18岁的时候要去参军，但我希望他随着年龄的增长会改变这种想法。
由…发展而成，源于
If an idea grows out of another one, it develops from it.
The idea for the story grew out of a strange experience I had last year. 这部短篇小说的构思源自我去年的一次奇特经历。
grow upA2 长大成人，成长;成熟
to gradually become an adult
I grew up in Scotland (= I lived there when I was young). 我是在苏格兰长大的。
Taking responsibility for yourself is part of the process of growing up. 承担起自己的责任是成长过程的一部分。
（城镇在某个特定的地方或以特定的方式）形成，发展，兴起
If a town or city grows up in a particular place or way, it develops there or in that way.
The city grew up originally as a crossing point on the river. 这个城市最初是从河流的一个渡口发展起来的。