广播电视英语短句 第 155 课：嫁接的植物-1

Grafting is a way to produce plants from pieces of existing plants instead of seeds. 嫁接是将现有的植物代替种子而生产出植物的一种方式。

Branches or buds are cut from one plant and placed on a related kind of plant. 切下某种植物的枝或芽，将它放置在同一种类的植物上。

The branch or bud that is grafted is called the scion. 被嫁接上去的枝或芽叫做接穗。

The plant that accepts the graft is called the rootstock. 接受嫁接的植物叫做钻木。

Grafting can join scions with desirable qualities to rootstock that is strong and resists disease and insects. 嫁接能将品质较好的接穗连接到强壮且能抵抗病害和昆虫的钻木上去。