| 单词 | bloom |
| 释义 | bloom (once / 231 pages) 1vn 2n 3n A bloom is a flower. You might mark the beginning of spring by the very first bloom you see in your garden. The noun bloom is useful for talking about blossoms themselves, but you can also use it as a verb meaning the process of flowering: "Those trees seemed to bloom overnight!" Another meaning of bloom is more figurative, meaning the peak or ideal moment for something. The bloom of your career selling Girl Scout cookies might be one sunny weekend outside the local supermarket. The origin of the word bloom is the Old Norse word blóm, "flower or blossom." WORD FAMILYbloom: bloomed, bloomer, blooming, blooms+/bloomer: bloomers/blooming: bloomingest, bloomingly, bloomings USAGE EXAMPLESBloom should leave the classroom and stop by the lab — the world we live in. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) The documentary, directed by Alexis Bloom and Fisher Stevens, features vintage family films and what is being dubbed “extensive vérité footage.” Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) The Nassau County medical examiner, Dr. Tamara Bloom, did not comment on the new numbers. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1 1v produce or yield flowers The cherry tree bloomed Syn|Hypo|Hyper blossom, flower burst forth, effloresce come into or as if into flower develop grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment 2n reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts Syn|Hypo|Hyper blossom, flower floret, floweret a diminutive flower (especially one that is part of a composite flower) apetalous flowerflower having no petals inflorescencethe flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk ray floret, ray flowersmall flower with a flat strap-shaped corolla usually occupying the peripheral rings of a composite flower buda partially opened flower chrysanthemumthe flower of a chrysanthemum plant flower heada shortened compact cluster of flowers so arranged that the whole gives the effect of a single flower as in clover or members of the family Compositae ament, catkina cylindrical spikelike inflorescence rosebudthe bud of a rose umbelflat-topped or rounded inflorescence characteristic of the family Umbelliferae in which the individual flower stalks arise from about the same point; youngest flowers are at the center corymbflat-topped or convex inflorescence in which the individual flower stalks grow upward from various points on the main stem to approximately the same height; outer flowers open first flower clusteran inflorescence consisting of a cluster of flowers cymemore or less flat-topped cluster of flowers in which the central or terminal flower opens first spike(botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis reproductive structure the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction 3n the organic process of bearing flowers 2you will stop all bloom if you let the flowers go to seed Syn|Hyper blooming biological process, organic process a process occurring in living organisms 1n the period of greatest prosperity or productivity Syn|Hypo|Hyper blossom, efflorescence, flower, flush, heyday, peak, prime golden age a time period when some activity or skill was at its peak period, period of time, time period an amount of time 2n the best time of youth Syn|Hyper bloom of youth, salad days time of life a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state 3n a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health 3Syn|Hyper blush, flush, rosiness good health, healthiness the state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease n a powdery deposit on a surface Syn|Hyper efflorescence crystallisation, crystallization, crystallizing the formation of crystals |
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