プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
め【芽】
❶〔つぼみ〕a bud；〔木の芽〕a leaf bud；〔若枝の〕a sprout, a shoot；〔実生の苗〕a seedling
芽が出る
〔木などが〕bud／〔土から〕sprout up
芽を出す
《文》 put forth buds／come into bud／sprout
木の芽がふくらんできた
The trees are budding [《文》 putting forth their (leaf) buds/coming into bud].
ばらの新芽が出てきた
The rose has begun to put out [《文》 forth] new shoots.
まいた種からまだ芽が出てこない
The seeds I sowed have not germinated [come up] yet.
❷〔受精卵の胚芽〕an embryo [émbriòu]
芽が出る
彼は芽が出てきた
He got a lucky break.／Things began to work out for him.
彼は芽が出ないまま終わってしまった
He died in obscurity.
芽のうちに摘む
nip ((evil)) in the bud
芽を摘む
親が干渉しすぎて子供の才能の芽を摘んでしまった
Too much parental interference ruined the child's potential before it had a chance to develop.