blossom
英 ['blɒs(ə)m]
美['blɑsəm]
	    - vi. 开花;兴旺;发展成
 - n. 花;开花期;兴旺期;花开的状态
 - n. (Blossom)人名;(英)布洛瑟姆
 
词态变化
复数: blossoms;第三人称单数: blossoms;过去式: blossomed;过去分词: blossomed;现在分词: blossoming;
		中文词源
blossom 开花
		来自bloom, 开花。
英文词源
- blossom
 - blossom: [OE] Blossom probably comes ultimately from an Indo-European base *bhlōs-, which was also the source of Latin flōs, from which English gets flower. It seems reasonable to suppose, in view of the semantic connections, that this *bhlōs- was an extended form of *bhlō-, from which English gets blade, bloom, and the now archaic verb blow ‘come into flower’.
=> blade, bloom, blow, flower - blossom (n.)
 - c. 1200, from Old English blostm, blostma "blossom, flower, fruit," from Proto-Germanic *blo-s- (cognates: Middle Low German blosom, Dutch bloesem, German Blust), from PIE *bhlow-, extended form of *bhel- (3) "to thrive, bloom" (see folio). This is the native word, now largely superseded by bloom (n.1) and flower (n.).
 - blossom (v.)
 - late 14c., from Old English blostmian, from blostma "blossom, flower" (see blossom (n.)). Figurative use from late 14c. Related: Blossomed; blossoming.
 
双语例句
- 1. The cherry blossom came out early in Washington this year.
 - 今年华盛顿的樱花开得很早。
 
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Why do some people take longer than others to blossom?
 - 为什么有的人比他人大器晚成?
 
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The trees are in blossom .
 - 树上鲜花盛开。
 
来自《权威词典》
- 4. The blossom on the trees looks lovely in springtime.
 - 春天树上的花很漂亮.
 
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. Hopefully the tree will produce some blossom next year.
 - 这棵树有望在明年开花.
 
来自《简明英汉词典》