【blossom音标】 英[ˈblɒsəm] 美[ˈblɑːsəm]
【单词释义】 blossom是什么意思：
n.[U,C]花，群花；花簇；开花时期，（发育的）初期；兴旺时期vi.（植物）开花；繁荣，兴旺；长成
[单词分级] 英语六级/考研词汇
[单词复数] blossoms [第三人称单数] blossoms
[单词现在分词] blossoming
[单词过去式] blossomed
[单词过去分词] blossomed
【近义词解析】
◇ 花
bloom ([四级]n. 花)：主要指植物开的花及开花的状态。
blossom ([六级/考研]n. 花，花朵)：主要指树或灌木的花。
bud ([六级/考研]n. 花蕾)：指正待开放的花苞。
flower (n. 花)：指开放的花朵，也可泛指花卉。
【单词例句】
◇ Before he knew where he was, he found himself in a large garden with the apple trees were in full blossom. And the air was scentedly with lilacs, the long branches of which overhung the indented shores of the lake.
他不知不觉地已经飞进了一座大花园。这儿苹果树开满了花；空气里飘着丁香怡人的香气，一根长长的枝条垂到弯弯曲曲的湖岸边。
---- The Ugly Duckling
◇ The violet, a little too sentimental. The lime-blossoms, too small, and besides, there was such a large family of them.
紫罗兰有点太热情；郁金香太华丽；黄水仙太平民化；菩提树花太小，此外她们的亲戚也太多；
---- The Butterfly
◇ We spend more than a third of our lives in bed - but that place can quickly blossom into a "botanical park" of bacteria and fungus, according to New York University microbiologist Philip Tierno.
纽约大学的微生物学家菲利普•缇艾诺指出，我们有超过三分之一的人生都是在床上度过的，而我们的床可以迅速发展成细菌和真菌的“植物园”。