mushroom

mushroom
noun
  1. a fungal growth that typically takes the form of a domed cap on a stalk, with gills on the underside of the cap
    蘑菇；伞菌
    ■a thing resembling a mushroom in shape
    蘑菇形物
    a mushroom of smoke and flames.
    蘑菇形烟火云。
    ■[mass noun]a pale pinkish-brown colour
    淡褐色，棕灰色
    [as modifier]a mushroom leather bag.
    一个棕灰色的皮包。
    ■(figurative)a person or thing that appears or develops suddenly or is ephemeral
    (喻)如蘑菇般突然出现（或发展）的人（或事物）；如蘑菇般短暂的人（或事物)，昙花一现的人（或事物）
    he was one of those showbiz mushrooms who spring up overnight.
    他是演艺界中一夜成名又昙花一现的人物之一。
  2. Mushrooms are fruiting bodies that produce spores, growing from the hyphae of fungi concealed in soil or wood. They are proverbial for rapid growth. Toadstools are often called mushrooms when they are considered to be edible
verb
[no obj.]
  1. increase, spread, or develop rapidly
    迅速增长；迅速发展；迅速蔓延
    environmental concern mushroomed in the 1960s.
    20世纪60年代人们对环境问题的关注迅速增长。
  2. (of the smoke, fire, or flames produced by an explosion) spread into the air in a shape resembling that of a mushroom
    （爆炸后的烟、火或火焰）呈蘑菇状升腾的
    the grenade mushroomed into red fire as it hit the hillside.
    手榴弹落到山侧爆炸后升起了蘑菇状的红色火团。
    ■(of a bullet) expand and flatten on reaching its target
    （子弹击中目标时）开花扩散
  3. [usu. as noun mushrooming](of a person) gather mushrooms
    （人）采蘑菇
派生
mushroomy
adjective
语源
  1. late Middle English (originally denoting any fungus having a fleshy fruiting body): from Old French mousseron, from late Latin mussirio(n-)
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