| 单词 | burgeon |
| 释义 | burgeonor bour·geon[ bur-juhn ] / ˈbɜr dʒən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR burgeon ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used without object)to grow or develop quickly; flourish: The town burgeoned into a city. He burgeoned into a fine actor. to begin to grow, as a bud; put forth buds, shoots, etc., as a plant (often followed by out, forth). verb (used with object)to put forth, as buds. nouna bud; sprout. Origin of burgeon1275–1325; (noun) Middle English burjon, burion shoot, bud <Anglo-French burjun, burg(e)on;Old French burjon <Vulgar Latin *burriōne(m), accusative of *burriō, derivative of Late Latin burra wool, fluff (cf. bourrée, bureau), presumably from the down covering certain buds; (v.) Middle English burg(e)onen, borgen <Anglo-French, Old French, derivative of the noun SYNONYMS FOR burgeon1 bloom, blossom, mushroom, expand. SEE SYNONYMS FOR burgeon ON THESAURUS.COM usage note for burgeonThe two senses of burgeon, “to bud” ( The maples are burgeoning ) and “to grow or flourish” ( The suburbs around the city have been burgeoning under the impact of commercial growth ), date from the 14th century. Today the sense “to grow or flourish” is the more common. Occasionally, objections are raised to the use of this sense, perhaps because of its popularity in journalistic writing. Words nearby burgeonburg, burgage, Burgas, burgee, Burgenland, burgeon, burger, burgess, Burgess Shale, burgh, burgher Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for burgeonBritish Dictionary definitions for burgeonburgeon bourgeon/ (ˈbɜːdʒən) / verb(often foll by forth or out) (of a plant) to sprout (buds) (intr ; often foll by forth or out) to develop or grow rapidly; flourish nouna bud of a plant Word Origin for burgeonC13: from Old French burjon, perhaps ultimately from Late Latin burra shaggy cloth; from the downiness of certain buds Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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