outgrowth

英 [ˈaʊtɡrəʊθ]

美 [ˈaʊtɡroʊθ]

n.  长出物; 分支; 自然发展(或结果)

复数：outgrowths　

TOEFLGRE医学

BNC.25744 / COCA.16635

牛津词典

noun

• 长出物；分支
  a thing that grows out of sth else
  1. The eye first appears as a cup-shaped outgrowth from the brain.
     眼睛开始是从大脑长出，呈杯状。
• 自然发展（或结果）
  a natural development or result of sth
  1. The law was an outgrowth of the 2000 presidential election.
     这项法律是2000年总统选举的必然结果。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 产物；自然发展的结果
  Something that is anoutgrowth ofanother thing has developed naturally as a result of it.
  1. Her first book is an outgrowth of an art project she began in 1988.
     她的第一本书是一个她开始于1988年的艺术项目的产物。

英英释义

noun

• a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
  1. a bony process
  Synonym:processappendage
• the gradual beginning or coming forth
  1. figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece
  Synonym:emergencegrowth
• a natural consequence of development
  Synonym:branchoffshootoffset

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