詞彙精選：bloom的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

n.

（尤指觀賞的）花；（一棵樹或一季內開的）全部花朵 [U]

例句：

We were there, in ever lasting bloom.

我們曾身處在那永恆的花之海洋。

例句：

The bloom is set to wilt late Saturday or Sunday.

花將會在星期六晚些時候或星期天凋謝。

開花；開花期 [U]

例句：

This was New England, when the apple trees are just vibrating with bloom.

在新英格蘭，正是蘋果樹花開旺盛的季節。

例句：

The chestnuts in Paris were all in bloom.

巴黎的慄樹全都開花了。

（葡萄等成熟後表面生成的）白霜，粉衣 [U]

例句：

These fruits have a bloom upon them.

這些水果有粉衣。

（面頰的）紅潤，瑰玫色 [U]

例句：

The moist English air seemed to have deepened the bloom of her cheeks.

英格蘭潮溼的空氣彷彿加深了她雙頰的紅潤。

例句：

The bloom in her cheeks makes her more appealing.

她紅潤的臉色使她更加的吸引人了。

最佳時期，最有利的時期 [U]

例句：

Her genius was in full bloom.

她的才華處於最佳時期。

例句：

She was in the bloom of youth.

她風華正茂。

鍛鐵塊 [C]

塊鐵；塊鋼 [C]

例句：

Bloom is a bar of steel prepared for rolling.

塊鋼是用作碾平的一段鋼材。

v.

開花，生長茂盛 [I]

例句：

Cherry trees bloom in the spring.

櫻桃樹在春天開花。

例句：

The roses bloom every few days.

玫瑰每隔幾天開花。

青春煥發，容光煥發 [I]

例句：

Her face bloomed like a sweet flower.

她青春煥發的臉蛋像鮮花一朵。

繁榮，興盛，成長 [I]

例句：

Now astronomy didn't really bloom into the science it is today until the development of spectroscopy.

直到光譜學的發展，天文學才真正繁榮發展爲科學。

例句：

If they bloom, our economies will grow too.

如果它們繁榮發展，我們的經濟也會增長。

大量出現 [I]

二、詞義辨析：

bloom,blossom,flower

這些名詞均含“花”之意。bloom主要指諸如牡丹、玫瑰、梅花、菊花等供觀賞的花以及花的狀態。blossom一般指樹木開花，尤指果樹上開的花。flower指開放的花朵或泛指花卉。

三、相關短語：

cobalt bloom

鈷華

bloom of youth

青春風華正茂

四、參考例句：

These plants bloom in spring.

這些植物在春天開花。

Cherry trees bloom in early spring.

櫻樹於早春開花。

The roses bloom every few days.

玫瑰每隔幾天開花。

These fruits have a bloom upon them.

這些水果有粉衣。

Cherry trees bloom in the spring.

櫻桃樹在春天開花。

Carnations are in full bloom in May.

五月是康乃馨盛開的季節。

The apple-trees are out of bloom.

蘋果樹已經落了花。

The skin loses its youthful bloom.

皮膚失去了年輕時的光澤。

The tulips are in full bloom now.

鬱金香花正在盛開。

Many plants bloom in the spring.

許多植物在春天開花。