(noun.) reproduction of some unicellular organisms (such as yeasts) by growth and specialization followed by the separation by constriction of a part of the parent.
(adj.) beginning to develop; 'a budding genius' .
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双语例句
Holmes pointed down the long tract of road which wound, a reddish yellow band, between the brown of the heath and the budding green of the woods. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔.福尔摩斯归来记.
And what right would that ruin have to bid a budding woodbine cover its decay with freshness? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.简·爱.