“生长的”的英语可以翻译为：vegetal，vegetative ...

头发生长的速度可能极其缓慢。The rate at which hair grows can be agonisingly slow.在我生长的伦敦，四周全是轰炸后的断壁残垣。In London, where I grew up, we were surrounded by bomb sites.象牙磨损的速度快于生长的速度。Elephants wear the tusk down faster than they can grow i...