芽，萌芽莖或枝上小的隆起物，有時被包在保護性的介殼中，內中有未發育的根、葉子或花 A small protuberance on a stem or branch, sometimes enclosed in protective scales and containing an undeveloped shoot, leaf, or flower.
必須把一切惡感在發展成公開對抗之前，就消滅于萌芽狀態之中。 Any ill-feeling has to be nipped in the bud before it develops into open revolt.
