Do you have to feed plants like you feed chickens? Or do they grow up by themselves?
你得要像喂小鸡那样去喂幼苗吗？还是它们自己长大呢？
高一英语课文
Unit 5 Why do you do that
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
pron. 他[她，它]们自己;他们亲自;“himself”的复数;“herself”的复数;
💡 them他们+selves自己的复数 → 他们自己,
"All our officers are trained to defend themselves against knife attacks."
我们所有的警察都接受过自卫训练，能够对付持刀袭击。
近义：herself, himself, itself, oneself, them, yourself
vt. 喂养;满足（欲望等）;向…提供;供…作食物;
vi. 吃，以…为食;流入，注入，进入（如油流入机器）;[电子学]馈入;
n. 饲料（尤指粗饲料），施肥;喂送;草料;（尤指向地方性电视台）馈送电视节目;
💡 粗劣的食物(food)可以 喂牲口
"Birds feed on nuts and berries in the winter."
鸟类靠坚果和浆果过冬。
近义：maintain, nourish, nurture, support, sustain, uphold
反义：underfeed
vt. 种植;扩大;扩展;增加;
vi. 生长;渐渐变得;逐渐开始;
vt.& vi. （使）留长，蓄长;
"He has decided to grow a beard and a moustache."
他已经决定留起络腮胡子和髭。
近义：proliferate, propagate, breed, upsize, expand, increase
反义：shrink, lessen, attenuate, reduce, remit, slacken