Flower Plant Part Bunch Garden Grow Beautiful Produce
The flashcard defines "flower" with multiple meanings: the colorful part of a plant, a picked cut flower, a plant grown for its blooms, or when a plant produces flowers. It can also mean to mature or develop successfully, or in literature, to mean the best example of something.
The flashcard defines "flower" as a part of a plant, a picked stem with flowers, a small plant grown for its flowers, or for a plant to produce flowers. It can also mean to develop successfully or a literary term for the best part of something.
[N-COUNT 可数名词]花朵；鲜花 A flower is the part of a plant which is often brightly coloured, grows at the end of a stem, and only survives for a short time.
Each individual flower is tiny.
每一朵花都很小。
...large, purplish-blue flowers.
紫蓝色的大花朵
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](已摘的)带梗的花 A flower is a stem of a plant that has one or more flowers on it and has been picked, usually with others, for example to give as a present or to put in a vase.
[usu pl]
...a bunch of flowers sent by a new admirer.
又一个仰慕者送来的一束鲜花
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]花卉；开花植物Flowers are small plants that are grown for their flowers as opposed to trees, shrubs, and vegetables.
[usu pl]
...a lawned area surrounded by plants and flowers...
周围种着植物和花卉的草地
The flower garden will be ablaze with colour every day.
花园每天都将开满各色鲜花。
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[VERB 动词]开花；盛开 When a plant or tree flowers, its flowers appear and open.
[V]
Several of these rhododendrons will flower this year for the first time.
这些杜鹃花有些将在今年首度开花。
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[VERB 动词]繁荣；成熟；发展 When something flowers, for example a political movement or a relationship, it gets stronger and more successful.
[V]
Their relationship flowered.
他们的关系最终开花结果了。
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[N-SING 单数名词]精华；精英；最好的部分 A person or thing that is described as the flower of something is the best part or example of it.
[the N of n]
[LITERARY 文]
Those killed have been described as the flower of Polish manhood.
那些牺牲者被称为波兰男子中的精英。
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[PHRASE 短语]See also:
flowered
；开花；花朵绽放 When a plant is in flower or when it has come into flower, its flowers have appeared and opened.
[usu v-link PHR]
Some of the daffodils are still in flower...
有些水仙花仍在开放。
As one plant fades, another comes into flower.
一株植物凋谢了，另一株又会盛开。
Oxford
flower★/ˈflaʊə(r); NAmEˈflaʊər/
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flowerflowersfloweredfloweringnoun★ _flowerlabels_flowers_comp.jpg _flower.jpg 1★the coloured part of a plant from which the seed or fruit develops. Flowersusually grow at the end of a stemand last only a short time. 花；花朵◆The plant has a beautiful bright red flower.这株植物开了一朵美丽鲜红的花。◆The roses are in flowerearly this year. 今年玫瑰花开得早。◆The crocuses are late coming into flower.番红花开得迟。☞collocationsat
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2★a plant grown for the beauty of its flowers开花植物◆a garden full of flowers种满花的花园◆a flower garden/show花园╱展3★a flower with its stemthat has been picked as a decoration （已摘）带梗的花◆I picked some flowers.我摘了一些花。◆a bunch of flowers一束花◆a flower arrangement一组插花☞see also
bouquet
(1 )IDIOMthe flower of sth( literary) the finest or best part of sth （某事物的）最佳部份，精华；精英verb1[intransitive ](of a plant or tree 花草树木)to produce flowers 开花SYN
bloom
◆This particular variety flowers in July.这个品种七月开花。◆early-flowering spring bulbs早开花的春季鳞茎植物2[intransitive ]( literary) to develop and become successful 成熟；繁荣；兴旺SYN
1flowera coloured or white part that a plant or tree produces before fruit or seeds → floral: a lovely rose bush with delicate pink flowers fields full of beautiful wild flowers2a small plant that produces beautiful flowers: He wasn’t interested in growing flowers in the garden. She bent down and picked a flower.bunch/bouquet of flowers The first night we met he gave me a bunch of flowers. a beautiful flower arrangement (=flowers arranged together in an attractive way)3in flower a plant or tree that is in flower has flowers on itSYN in bloom: It was May, and the apple trees were all in flower. Roses start to come into flower in June.4the flower of something literary the best part of something: young men killed in the flower of their youthCOLLOCATIONS– Meanings 1 & 2ADJECTIVES/NOUN + flowerlovely/pretty/beautiful· They admired the lovely flowers in the garden.delicate· The plant produces delicate purple flowers.rare· A number of rare flowers grow in these woods.dead· There were dead flowers in a vase of green water.artificial· a basket of artificial flowersa wild flower· The meadows were covered with wild flowers.a garden flower· Dahlias have become one of the best loved garden flowers.an exotic flower· We grow exotic flowers from all over the world.a spring/summer/autumn/winter flower· The mountainsides were blanketed with spring flowers.cut flowers· Make cut flowers last longer by changing the water in the vase.dried flowers· She had brightened up the room with a vase of dried flowers.a silk flower· She wore a huge silk flower in her hair.verbsflowers grow· Flowers were growing along the side of the road.flowers bloom (=start appearing on a plant)· Spring flowers bloomed in the meadows.flowers open· As the weather gets warmer, the flowers open.grow flowers· He grows flowers as well as vegetables.pick flowers· I'll pick some flowers to put on the table.produce flowers· The plant will produce beautiful trumpet-shaped flowers.pollinate flowers (=give a flower or plant pollen so that it can produce seeds)· Various insects pollinate the flowers.be covered in flowers (=have flowers on every part)· The fields were covered in wild flowers.phrasesa bunch of flowers· He gave me a lovely bunch of flowers.a bouquet of flowers (=a large bunch of flowers that is given to someone)· The bride held a bouquet of flowers.a vase of flowers· On the table was a vase of flowers.the flowers are in bloom (also the flowers are out) (=they appear on a plant)· At this time of the year, the flowers are in bloom.be a mass of flowers (=have a lot of flowers growing on every part)· In spring, the valley is a mass of flowers.flower + NOUNa flower shop· He used to run a flower shop.a flower arrangement· She produced dried flower arrangements for sale.flower arranging· I learnt flower arranging from my mother.a flower pot· The terrace was covered in flower pots.a flower bed (=an area for growing flowers in a garden)· The flower beds had been weeded.
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flower2 verb
flowerflower2 ●●○ verb [intransitive]
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1to produce flowers: Bulbs that you plant in the autumn should flower the following spring.2literary to develop in a very successful waySYN flourish: the economic and social conditions that will allow democracy to flower