- The flower of a plant.花：植物开的花
- Something resembling the flower of a plant:类似植物的花："Her hair was caught all to one side in a great bloom of frizz"(Anne Tyler)“她的头发被挽在一边，象一大朵卷起的花”(安妮·泰勒)
- The condition of being in flower:开花期：开花状态：a rose in full bloom.玫瑰花盛开
- A condition or time of vigor, freshness, and beauty; prime:最盛期：旺盛、鲜艳和美丽的状态和时期；全盛期："the radiant bloom of Greek genius"(Edith Hamilton)“希腊文明光辉灿烂的全盛时期”(伊迪丝·汉密尔顿)
- A fresh, rosy complexion:红润：清新，红润的面色："She was short, plump, and fair, with a fine bloom"(Jane Austen)“她身材娇小、丰满，皮肤白皙，面颊红润”(简·奥斯汀)
- A waxy or powdery whitish to bluish coating sometimes occurring on the surface of plant parts, such as on the fruits of certain plums.粉霜，粉衣：用蓝白色的蜡或粉末涂在类似一种李子的植物表面上
- A similar coating, as on newly minted coins.涂抹粉霜：类似的涂抹，例如涂抹新铸的钱币
- Chemistry See efflorescence 【化学】 参见 efflorescence
- Glare that is caused by a shiny object reflecting too much light into a television camera.刺眼的闪光：发光物体反射到电视摄像机上的强光导致的闪光
- A visible, colored area on the surface of bodies of water caused by excessive planktonic growth.水花区：由于浮游生物过度生长引起的水体表面显色的地段
- To bear a flower or flowers.开花：产生或长出花
- To support plant life in abundance:使…茂盛：使植物繁盛：rains that made the yard bloom.雨水使庭院中的植物长得繁盛
- To shine; glow.发光；闪亮
- To grow or flourish with youth and vigor.有活力：因年轻和活力而茁壮成长
- To appear or expand suddenly:大量出现：突然出现或膨胀：White vapor bloomed from the side of the rocket's fuel tank.白烟的浓烟突然从火箭的燃料箱旁窜出
- To cause to flourish.使繁茂
- Obsolete To cause to flower.【废语】 使开花
- Middle English blom 中古英语 blom
- from Old Norse blōm * see bhel- 3源自 古斯堪的纳维亚语 blōm * 参见 bhel- 3
- The central meaning shared by these nouns is "a condition or time of greatest vigor and freshness": 这些名词都带有的核心意思是：“充满活力和朝气的全盛时期”： beauty in its full bloom;青春年少时的美丽；classical sculpture in its blossom;全盛时期的古典主义雕塑作品； the efflorescence of humanitarianism;人道主义的全盛期；the florescence of baroque music;巴洛音乐的昌盛期；in the flower of her womanhood;她的亮丽的成年期；in the flush of his popularity;他的最负盛名的时期；the prime of life. 壮年
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- A bar of steel prepared for rolling.块钢：用作碾平的一段钢材
- A mass of wrought iron ready for further working.锻铁块：准备作进一步加工的熟铁
- Middle English blome [lump of metal] 中古英语 blome [金属块，金属坯]
- from Old English blōma * see bhel- 3源自 古英语 blōma * 参见 bhel- 3