生物長大（最原始的畫面）
這一族是 growth 最具體、最像「畫面」的源頭：活的東西隨時間長大。從這個「生命體往外脹大」的核心，再延伸出抽象的「數量變多」「重要性變強」等用法。
getting bigger over time · noun · B2
The way a person, animal, or plant gets bigger and stronger over time.
生長 / 發育
核心畫面
Something getting bigger over time — a seed or a child slowly swelling out, putting on size and strength bit by bit. Every other meaning is this same 'getting bigger' picture pointed at a different thing: money, a movement, a person's mind, even an unwanted lump.
可以想成一顆種子或一個孩子，隨著時間一點一點長大、變高變壯——那種「慢慢往外脹、體積和力量逐漸增加」的畫面。grow…更多收起
可以想成一顆種子或一個孩子，隨著時間一點一點長大、變高變壯——那種「慢慢往外脹、體積和力量逐漸增加」的畫面。growth 其他所有意思，幾乎都是把這個「東西在變大」的畫面，指向不同的對象：可能是錢、是一股風氣、是一個人的心智，甚至是身上不該長出來的腫塊。底層都是同一件事——某樣東西正在增加、變大。Five branches
數量、規模變多變大
把生物「長大」的畫面搬到沒有生命的東西上：數量、大小、規模在增加。種子變大→數字變大，是同一個「往上脹」的動作，只是對象換成了可以計量的東西。
an increase in size or amount · noun · B2
An increase in the amount, number, or size of something.
增長 / 增加
力量、重要性壯大
不是體積或數字變大，而是「分量」變重：一股風氣、一個運動慢慢變得更有影響力。把「長大」用在抽象的「勢力、重要性」上。
a rise in importance or strength · noun · B2
A slow increase in how important or strong something becomes.
興起 / 壯大
內在的成熟
把「長大」轉向內心：不是身體變大，而是性格、想法、情感變得更成熟。身體會發育，心智也會——這族就是後者。
personal or emotional development · noun · B2
The way someone's character, mind, or feelings develop and become more mature.
成長 / 成熟
病理性的增生
同樣是「長出東西」，但這次長的是不該長的：身上因疾病而冒出的腫塊。畫面還是「組織往外脹大」，只是這個 growth 是有害的。
a growth (tumour or lump) · noun · B2
A lump on or inside a person, animal, or plant that is caused by illness.
腫塊 / 腫瘤
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
growthnoun/ɡɹoʊθ/
- 1
An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
- Nanoelectronics is one of the area's few growth industries .
- It may be that a free society as we have known it carries in itself the forces of its own destruction, that once freedom has been achieved it is taken for granted and ceases to be valued, and that the free growth of ideas which is the essence of a free society will bring about the destruction of the foundations on which it depends.
- 2
An increase in psychological strength or resilience; an increased ability to overcome adversity.
- Struggle, disappointment, and criticism all contribute to a person's growth.
- 3
biologynatural-sciencesThe act of growing, getting bigger or higher.
- 4
biologynatural-sciencesSomething that grows or has grown.
- Scary-looking rabbits were hopping around Fort Collins. These weren’t your standard cute, fluffy bunnies; they had horn-like growths protruding from their faces and bodies.
- 5
medicinepathologysciencesAn abnormal mass such as a tumor.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。