单词 | full-blown |
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音标 | ['ful'bləun] |
解释 | a.(鲜花)盛开的 |
红宝书 | 【英】 adj. (鲜花)盛开的(esp of flowers fully developed) 【考】 反义词:incipient( 初始的) 【例】 full-blown roses |
字源 | full-blown (adj.) 1640s, of flowers, from full (adj.) + past participle of blow (v.2) "to bloom." Figuratively "complete, fully developed" from 1650s. Blown "that has blossomed" is from Old English geblowenne. Full-blown also was used 17c.-18c. of cheeks, sails, bladders and in this case is from blow (v.1) and the figurative sense might also partake of these. |
不择手段背单词 | adj. (鲜花)盛开的; 完全成熟的 【记】blown(blow的过去分词; adj 喘气的; 开花的) 【反】incipient(adj 初始的) |
趣味全助记 | 无 |
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