“grow out”是一个常用的英语短语,核心含义与“生长、变化”相关,常结合语境表示“留长、超出范围”等;其扩展搭配“grow out of”(更常用)则侧重“因成长而不再需要/戒除”。以下是具体含义、用法及例句:
指(使)生长变长/超出范围,主语多为毛发、植物、指甲等具体事物,可作及物或不及物动词。
(及物:grow out sth / grow sth out;不及物:sth grows out)
强调“让某物从短变长”,通常为了改变造型或达到特定效果。
例句:
She’s growing out her short hair to donate it to charity.(她在留长短发,准备捐给慈善机构。)
My bangs have grown out so much they cover my eyes.(我的刘海长得太长,挡住了眼睛。)
He decided to grow out his beard instead of shaving daily.(他决定留胡子,不再每天刮。)
(不及物)
指植物生长得过于茂盛,超出预期或需要控制的范围。
例句:
The roses have grown out over the fence into the neighbor’s yard.(玫瑰长过围栏,伸进了邻居的院子。)
If you don’t prune the bushes, they’ll grow out and block the path.(不修剪灌木的话,它们会疯长挡住小路。)
“grow out”常与介词of连用,构成更常用的短语动词grow out of,核心含义是“因成长/变化而脱离(某物/状态)”,可作以下引申:
定义:随着年龄/体型增长,某物(如衣服)变得太小或不再有用。
例句:
The baby has already grown out of all his newborn clothes.(宝宝已经穿不下所有新生儿衣服了。)
I used to love that toy, but I grew out of it when I was 8.(我以前很喜欢那个玩具,但8岁时就不再玩了。)
定义:随着年龄增长或认知提升,摆脱某种不良习惯或幼稚行为。
例句:
Most kids grow out of thumb-sucking by age 5.(大多数孩子到5岁就不再吃手指了。)
She’s trying to grow out of her habit of procrastinating.(她正努力改掉拖延的习惯。)
(较少见,侧重“根源”)
例句:
Her love of painting grew out of her childhood art classes.(她对绘画的热爱源于童年的美术课。)
That tradition grew out of a story from our village’s history.(那个传统源于我们村的一段历史故事。)
1、 及物 vs 不及物:
“grow out”可及物(如“grow out my hair”)或不及物(如“my hair grew out”);
“grow out of”是及物短语动词,必须接宾语(如“grow out of a habit”,不能说“grow out a habit”)。
2、 易混淆点:
不要和“grow up”(长大成人)混淆:“grow up”强调“成熟”,“grow out”强调“生长变长/超出”;
不要遗漏“of”:“grow out of”是固定搭配,不能省略“of”。
头发:I’m growing out my hair for a wedding.(我在留头发准备婚礼。)
衣服:The kids grew out of their winter coats in 6 months.(孩子们6个月就穿不下冬衣了。)
习惯:He finally grew out of his rebellious phase.(他终于度过了叛逆期。)
植物:The ivy grew out over the wall and covered half the house.(常春藤长过墙,覆盖了房子的一半。)
通过以上分类和例句,可清晰掌握“grow out”及“grow out of”的核心用法~