flower

flower
noun
  1. (Botany)the seed-bearing part of a plant, consisting of reproductive organs (stamens and carpels) that are typically surrounded by a brightly coloured corolla (petals) and a green calyx (sepals)
    (植)花
    ■a brightly coloured and conspicuous example of such a part of a plant together with its stalk, typically used with others as a decoration or gift
    （作装饰或礼物用的带枝干的）花
    ■[mass noun]the state or period in which a plant's flowers have developed and opened
    开花（期）
    the roses were just coming into flower.
    玫瑰开始开花了。
    ■(Brit. informal)used as a friendly form of address, especially to a young girl or woman
    (英，非正式)姑娘（尤用于友好地称呼女孩或年轻妇女）
    ‘course you have, flower.’.
    “当然你有，姑娘。”。
verb
  1. [no obj.](of a plant) produce flowers; bloom
    （植物）开花
    Michaelmas daisies can flower as late as October.
    紫菀甚至迟至10月也能开花。
    ■(figurative)be in or reach an optimum stage of development; develop fully and richly
    (喻)成熟；盛行，繁荣兴旺
    she flowered into as striking a beauty as her mother.
    她长成跟她妈妈一样的美人。
    [as noun flowering]the flowering of Viennese intellectual life.
    维也纳学术生活的繁荣兴盛。
    ■[with obj.]induce (a plant) to produce flowers
    使（植物）开花
常用词组
the flower of
  1. the finest individuals out of a number of people or things
    精英，优秀分子；精华，最好的部分
    he wasted the flower of French youth on his dreams of empire.
    为实现帝国之梦，他荒废了法国的青年精英。
派生
flowerless
adjective
flower-like
adjective
语源
  1. Middle English flour, from Old French flour, flor, from Latin flos, flor-. The original spelling was no longer in use by the late 17th cent. except in its specialized sense 'ground grain' (see flour)
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