stunted growth

基本解釋

Damage may result in stunted growth and sometimes death of the plant.
其危害可能會(huì)阻礙植物的生長(zhǎng)，有時(shí)還會(huì)導(dǎo)致植物死亡。
Infected maize crops have wrinkled leaves, no cobs at all and generally stunted growth.
受感染的玉米葉子起皺、根本沒(méi)有玉米穗軸，而且通常生長(zhǎng)遲滯。
In some sub-Saharan African countries, for example Burundi and Madagascar, about half the children have stunted growth because of they do not have access to an appropriate diet.
在許多撒哈拉以南的非洲國(guó)家，例如佈隆迪和馬達(dá)加斯加，有二分之一的兒童因爲(wèi)飢餓而導(dǎo)致身躰發(fā)育遲緩。

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