grew

grew — 動詞

1. past form of 'grow' — to become larger in size, height, or amount over time, as

1.動詞不及物A2
釋義

增大；增加

體積、數量或高度增加

past form of 'grow' — to become larger in size, height, or amount over time, as a living thing or a measurable quantity.

例句

The oak tree in our backyard grew almost two metres last summer.

後院的橡樹去年夏天長了將近兩公尺。

intransitive: grew + measurement phrase

Quan's tomato plants grew quickly after he watered them every morning.

Quan 每天早上幫番茄澆水後，番茄長得很快。

intransitive: grew + adverb of manner

常見搭配
  • grew quickly
  • grew slowly
  • grew by [amount]
  • grew [number] cm/inches
反義詞
  • shrank

    past tense of shrink, meaning became smaller

文法句型

grew [amount]

grew [prepositional phrase]

用法筆記

This is the irregular past simple form of 'grow'. Unlike regular verbs that add -ed, 'grew' changes its vowel entirely. The past participle is 'grown' (e.g., 'The tree has grown very tall').

常見錯誤

The plant growed very fast.
The plant grew very fast.
'grew' is irregular and does not take the -ed ending.
He has grew a lot this year.
He has grown a lot this year.
Use 'grown' (past participle) after 'has/have/had', not 'grew'.

2. past form of 'grow' — to gradually change in character, quality, or feeling over

2.動詞不及物A2
釋義

漸漸變得

隨時間逐漸改變性質或感受

past form of 'grow' — to gradually change in character, quality, or feeling over time. This includes becoming different through an adjective (grew stronger) and developing a feeling or attitude through a to-infinitive (grew to love).

例句

As the year went by, Élise grew more confident in her French classes.

隨著時間過去，Élise 在法語課上變得越來越有自信。

grew + comparative adjective (more confident)

The friendship between Ezra and Min grew stronger after they worked on the project together.

Ezra 和 Min 一起做專案後，兩人的友情變得更深厚了。

grew + comparative adjective (stronger)

常見搭配
  • grew stronger
  • grew weaker
  • grew closer
  • grew quieter
  • grew to like
  • grew to love
  • grew to hate
  • grew to understand
  • grew to accept
  • grew to appreciate
同義詞
  • became

    more general; does not carry the sense of gradual, natural progression

  • developed

    focuses on the process of improvement or complexity increasing

  • came to

    very similar for the to-infinitive pattern; 'came to realise/love/accept'

  • began to

    emphasises the starting point rather than the gradual process

反義詞
  • declined

    suggests a gradual worsening or decrease

文法句型

grew + adjective

grew + to-infinitive

用法筆記

Common in narrative writing to describe gradual change. Works with both adjectives (grew stronger, grew quieter) and to-infinitives (grew to like, grew to understand). The to-infinitive pattern always expresses a feeling or attitude that developed slowly, often after an initial period of not feeling that way.

常見錯誤

I grew loving the city after a year.
I grew to love the city after a year.
Use 'grew + to-infinitive', not 'grew + -ing form', to show gradual development of a feeling.
片語動詞

grew up

phrasal verb

past form of the phrasal verb 'grow up' — to gradually become an adult, or to develop from a child into an adult.

長大

Quan grew up in a small fishing village on the coast.

Élise and her cousins grew up speaking French and English at home.

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常用片語

  • grew in size
  • grew in number
  • grew over time
  • grew with age

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