- [countable]
a living thing that grows in the earth and usually has a stem, leaves and roots, especially one that is smaller than a tree or bush 植物；花草 
All plants need light and water. 一切植物都需要阳光和水。 flowering plants 显[开]花植物 native/medicinal/wild plants 天然/药用/野生植物 a tomato/potato plant 番茄秧；马铃薯秧 It's becoming more popular to grow plants organically. 有机种植植物越来越受欢迎。 The area is home to many rare plant species. 这个地区是许多稀有植物物种的家园。 the animal and plant life of the area 本地区的动植物
Collocations The living worldThe living world 生物界 Animals 动物 - animals mate/breed/reproduce/feed (on something)
动物交配／繁育／繁殖／以…为食 - fish/amphibians swim/spawn (= lay eggs)
鱼／两栖动物游动／产卵 - birds fly/migrate/nest/sing
鸟飞翔／迁徙／筑巢／啼叫 - insects crawl/fly/bite/sting
昆虫爬／飞／咬／叮 - insects/bees/locusts swarm
昆虫／蜜蜂／蝗虫成群地飞来飞去 - bees collect/gather nectar/pollen
蜜蜂采蜜／花粉 - spiders spin/weave a web
蜘蛛结网／织网 - snakes/lizards shed their skins
蛇／蜥蜴蜕皮 - bears/hedgehogs/frogs hibernate
熊／刺猬／青蛙冬眠 - insect larvae grow/develop/pupate
昆虫的幼虫生长／发育／化蛹 - an egg/a chick/a larva hatches
卵孵化；小鸡出壳；幼虫孵出 - attract/find/choose a mate
吸引／找到／选择配偶 - produce/release eggs/sperm
产卵；排卵；产生／释放精子 - lay/fertilize/incubate/hatch eggs
产卵；使卵受精；孵卵 - inhabit a forest/a reef/the coast
栖居于森林／礁石／海岸 - mark/enter/defend (a) territory
标出／进入／保卫领地 - stalk/hunt/capture/catch/kill prey
悄悄接近／猎杀／捕获／杀死猎物
Plants and fungi 植物和真菌 - trees/plants grow/bloom/blossom/flower
树木／植物生长／开花 - a seed germinates/sprouts
种子发芽 - leaves/buds/roots/shoots appear/develop/form
叶子／花蕾／根茎／幼苗长出来／长大／成形 - flower buds swell/open
花蕾含苞欲放／绽放 - a fungus grows/spreads/colonizes something
菌类生长／扩散／长满… - pollinate/fertilize a flower/plant
给花／植物授粉 - produce/release/spread/disperse pollen/seeds/spores
长出／传播花粉／种子／孢子 - produce/bear fruit
结果 - develop/grow/form roots/shoots/leaves
长出根茎／嫩芽／叶子 - provide/supply/absorb/extract/release nutrients
提供／吸收／提取／释放营养物 - perform/increase/reduce photosynthesis
进行／增加／减少光合作用
Bacteria and viruses 细菌和病毒 - bacteria/microbes/viruses grow/spread/multiply
细菌／微生物／病毒生长／扩散／繁殖 - bacteria/microbes live/thrive in/on something
细菌／微生物在…中存活／大量生长 - bacteria/microbes/viruses evolve/colonize something/cause disease
细菌／微生物／病毒进化／长满…／引发疾病 - bacteria break something down/convert something (into something)
细菌（将某物）分解／转化（成某物） - a virus enters/invades something/the body
病毒进入／侵入某物／身体 - a virus mutates/evolves/replicates (itself)
病毒变异／演化／（自我）复制 - be infected with/contaminated with/exposed to a new strain of a virus/drug-resistant bacteria
感染上／接触到一种新病毒／抗药性细菌 - contain/carry/harbour bacteria/a virus
带有细菌／病毒 - kill/destroy/eliminate harmful/deadly bacteria
杀灭有害的／致命的细菌
Extra ExamplesTopics Plants and treesa1Plants absorb carbon in the form of carbon dioxide. 植物吸收二氧化碳中的碳。 The butterfly's sole food plant is wild lupine. 这种蝴蝶的唯一食用植物是野生羽扇豆。 food plants of rare butterflies 可作珍稀蝴蝶食物的植物
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- delicate
- wild
- native
- …
- cultivate
- grow
- water
- …
- develop
- grow
- flourish
- …
- roots
- growth
- life
- …
- [countable]
a factory or place where power is produced or an industrial process takes place 发电厂；工厂 a nuclear power plant 核电厂 a processing/manufacturing plant 加工/制造厂 Japanese car plants 日本汽车制造厂 a water treatment plant 水处理厂 a chemical/steel/coal plant 化工厂/钢铁厂/煤厂
Synonyms factoryfactory- plant
- mill
- works
- yard
- workshop
- foundry
- factory a building or group of buildings where goods are made, mainly by machine:
a chocolate/cigarette/clothing factory 巧克力厂；香烟厂；制衣厂
- plant a factory or place where power is produced or an industrial process takes place:
a nuclear power plant 核电厂 a manufacturing plant 制造厂
- mill a factory that produces a particular type of material:
a cotton/paper/textile/woollen mill 棉纺厂；造纸厂；纺织厂；毛纺厂
- works (often in compounds) a place where things are made or an industrial process takes place:
a brickworks 砖厂 a steelworks 炼钢厂 Raw materials were carried to the works by barge. 原材料由驳船运到工厂。
- yard (usually in compounds) an area of land used for building something:
a shipyard 船坞
- workshop a room or building in which things are made or repaired using hand tools or machinery (usually individual items or small numbers of items):
a car repair workshop 汽车修理厂
- foundry a factory where metal or glass is melted and made into different shapes or objects:
an iron foundry 铸铁厂
- a car/chemical/munitions factory/plant
- an engineering plant/works
- to manage/run a factory/plant/mill/works/yard/workshop/foundry
- to work in/at a factory/plant/mill/yard/workshop/foundry
- factory/mill/foundry owners/managers/workers
Extra ExamplesTopics Businessb1a waste reprocessing plant 废物后处理厂 a nuclear power plant 核电厂 a sewage (treatment) plant 污水处理厂 an assembly plant 装配厂
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- industrial
- assembly
- manufacturing
- …
- build
- manage
- run
- …
- produce something
- manager
- [uncountable]
the large machines that are used in industrial processes （工业用的）大型机器，设备 - [countable, usually singular] (informal)
something that somebody has deliberately placed among another person’s clothes or possessions in order to make them appear guilty of a crime 栽赃物品 He claimed that the drugs found in his house were a plant. 他声称在他家里发现的毒品是一种植物。
- [countable]
a person who joins a group of criminals or enemies in order to get and secretly report information about their activities 坐探；内线；卧底
living thing生物
factory工厂
machines机器
something illegal不合法的事物
person人
Word OriginOld English plante ‘seedling’, plantian (verb), from Latin planta ‘sprout, cutting’ (later influenced by French plante) and plantare ‘plant, fix in a place’.