[N-COUNT 可数名词]芽;苞;花蕾 A bud is a small pointed lump that appears on a tree or plant and develops into a leaf or flower.
Rosanna's favourite time is early summer, just before the buds open.
罗莎娜最喜爱的季节是初夏,恰在花蕾绽放前。
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[VERB 动词]发芽;萌芽 When a tree or plant is budding, buds are appearing on it or are beginning to open.
[V]
[usu cont]
The leaves were budding on the trees below.
下面的树正在发芽。
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[N-VOC 称呼名词]老友;伙计;老兄 Some men use bud as a way of addressing other men.
[AM 美]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
You heard what the boss said, bud.
你听见老板说的话了,老兄。
4
See also:
budding
;
cotton bud
;
taste bud
;
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[PHRASE 短语]在发芽;长出花苞 When a tree or plant is in bud or has come into bud, it has buds on it.
The flowers are bronzy in bud and bright yellow when open.
这些花的花蕾是青铜色,开放后呈明黄色。
...almond trees that should come into bud soon.
很快就会开花的杏树
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[PHRASE 短语]把…消灭在萌芽状态;防(患)于未然 If you nip something such as bad behaviour in the bud, you stop it before it can develop very far.
[V inflects]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
It is important to recognize jealousy and to nip it in the bud before it gets out of hand.
重要的是要甄辨出嫉妒情绪并尽早消除这种心理,以免其一发不可收拾。
Oxford
bud/bʌd; NAmEbʌd/
noun
,
verb
budbudsbuddedbuddingnoun1a small lump that grows on a plant and from which a flower, leaf or stemdevelops 芽;苞;花蕾◆the first buds appearing in spring春天的初芽◆The tree is in budalready. 树已长出花蕾。☞collocationsat
life
2a flower or leaf that is not fully open 半开的花;未长大的叶3( NAmE) ( informal) =
buddy
◆Listen, bud, enough of the wisecracks, OK?听着,老兄,别再说俏皮话了行不行?☞see also
cotton bud
,
rosebud
,
taste bud
IDIOMsee
nip
v.verb[intransitive ]to produce buds发芽bud/bʌd; NAmEbʌd/
LDC
bud1 noun
bud2 verb
budbud1 /bʌd/ ●○○ noun [countable]
Word Origin
Examples
Thesaurus
Collocations
Phrases
1a young tightly rolled-up flower or leaf before it opens: rose budsin bud (=having buds but no flowers yet)come into bud (=start to produce buds)2 American English spokenbuddy: Hey, bud, how’s it going? →
cotton bud
, taste bud
, → nip something in the bud
at nip1(3)
bud1 noun
bud2 verb
budbud2 verb (past tense and past participle budded, present participle budding) [intransitive]
Verb Table
Examples
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to produce buds
WDF
bud
[bʌd]budded, budding, buds
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budding[750] buds[2222]
芽(69%),萌芽(16%),花蕾(8%),发芽(6%),使发芽(1%)
n.芽,萌芽;蓓蕾
vt.使发芽
vi.发芽,萌芽
n.(Bud)人名;(英)巴德;(中)布特(蒙语·汉语拼音);(罗、匈)布德
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