初发的 meaning in Chinese

incipient
nascent

The medicine stopped david's incipient cold .
这药制止了大卫初发的伤风症。
Thrust a rod from its last shoot down the stem ; it shall point to the center of the earth as long as the tree lives
从它初发的嫩枝旁沿茎插一根笔直的杆子；只要这树活着，杆子将一直指着地心。
It may be well also for lowland branches to reach hither and thither for what they need , and to take all kinds of irregular shape and extension
从它初发的嫩枝旁延茎插一根笔直的杆子；只要这树活着，杆子将一直指着地的中心。