| 单词 | bloom |
| 释义 | bloom (bluːm ) Word forms: blooms , blooming , bloomed 1. countable noun A bloom is the flower on a plant. [literary, technical] ...the sweet fragrance of the white blooms. Harry carefully picked the bloom. Synonyms: flower, bud, blossom 2. in bloom phrase A plant or tree that is in bloom has flowers on it. ...a pink climbing rose in full bloom. ...the sweet smell of the blackberry in bloom. 3. verb When a plant or tree blooms, it produces flowers. When a flower blooms, it opens. This plant blooms between May and June. [VERB] Synonyms: flower, blossom, open, bud -blooming combining form ...the scent of night-blooming flowers. 4. verb If someone or something blooms, they develop good, attractive, or successful qualities. Not many economies bloomed that year, least of all gold exporters like Australia. [VERB] She bloomed into an utterly beautiful creature. [VERB + into] 5. uncountable noun [oft a NOUN] If something such as someone's skin has a bloom, it has a fresh and healthy appearance. The skin loses its youthful bloom. Synonyms: glow, flush, blush, freshness 6. See also blooming Collocations: bloom of youth Your brother is now approaching the bloom of youth. PERDITA: The Life of Mary Robinson (2004) Looks didn't last beyond the first bloom of youth. Times, Sunday Times (2014) It had lost the bloom of youth, of health, of sweet repose! PERDITA: The Life of Mary Robinson (2004) The plant's green spikey leaves can be seen protruding above more colourful blooms. Times, Sunday Times Traditionally, people waited until spring to market their homes because then the garden would look good but there are lots of colourful blooms in winter, too. Times, Sunday Times Carefully controlled environmental conditions allow the plants to go dormant in winter and burst into spring growth of green leaves and colourful blooms. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I'm still waiting to see a desert bloom, though. Times, Sunday Times Thousands of birds such as pelicans flocked to the waters, and the desert bloomed with wildflowers. Times, Sunday Times They can move to areas of greater food availability as the desert blooms after local rainfall and can fly to faraway waterholes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The sepals separate as the flower blooms, revealing purplish pink petals. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The sepals remain fused as the flower blooms from one side. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The sepals all separate or remain fused in pairs as the flower blooms. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The buds are enfolded in a pair of bracteoles which usually fall away as the flower blooms. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As the flower blooms the pink to reddish-purple sepals remain fused, opening along one side only. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Try to include some fragrant blooms such as lilac, stocks, wallflowers and, very soon, sweet peas. The Sun They have a deep-green rosette of leaves forming a posy around the large fully double, fragrant blooms. The Sun It comes in four colours and, basket-grown, they are high enough for you to enjoy their fragrant blooms. The Sun Modern cultivars of begonias bring a whole range of improvements including larger, faster-growing plants, fragrant blooms and many more flowers in a greater range of colours. The Sun And on warm afternoons, the fragrant blooms attract bees and butterflies. The Sun The first programme begins in March with the daffodils in full bloom. Times, Sunday Times (2007) For the floral challenge, the contestants have to produce a perfect rose in full bloom with no signs of fading, pests or disease. Times, Sunday Times (2014) With the English countryside and parks in full bloom, all it took was glorious sunshine to turn yesterday into a perfect spring day. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Yet during winter convective mixing, nutrients penetrate the euphotic zone, causing a short-lived phytoplankton bloom in the spring. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In some cases a post-hurricane phytoplankton bloom due to increased nutrient availability may perhaps be detectable. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The phytoplankton bloom usually lags the upwelling event by 1 to 4 days and blooms for 4 to 10 days. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The chlorophyll concentration increases during this time due to a phytoplankton bloom season and larger amount of primary production. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A large phytoplankton bloom was triggered, however this bloom did not contain diatoms because the fertilized location was already depleted in silicic acid, an essential nutrient for diatom growth. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A plankton bloom brings out the big fish. The Sun Marine snow falls after surface plankton blooms in spring, giving the deep ocean a seasonal rhythm of its own. Times, Sunday Times Pipes measuring up to 650ft (200m) long and 33ft in diameter should be installed and used to pump nutrient-rich water up to the surface to encourage plankton blooms, they say. Times, Sunday Times There they fertilise the ocean, causing plankton blooms that attract fish and birds. Times, Sunday Times The data gathered would provide invaluable information to scientists, and events such as plankton blooms and oil spills could be tracked by the robots to monitor their progress. Times, Sunday Times In spring and summer the plant blooms in bright magenta flowers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The plant blooms in a large panicle with many branches lined with flowers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The plant blooms from late spring to early summer with one to two flowers per an infloresensce. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The plant blooms in dense inflorescences of whitish, urn-shaped manzanita flowers which are woolly inside. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, the plant blooms best in dappled shade with 3 to 4 hours of sunlight. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Romance blooms between a small-town loner and a rebellious punk rocker. The Sun A romance blooms, but you don't really believe it. Times, Sunday Times Romance blooms as the level of mutual respect in a relationship rises. The Sun Romance blooms between them as they spend time alone on the island, but the two strangers are not without their respective baggage from the real world. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The workers were handling 300,000 rose blooms a day. Smithsonian While some plants were looking bedraggled — rose blooms were shattered into limp petals and thalictrum had collapsed — others were sparkling in the aftermath. Times, Sunday Times Public may submit rose blooms. Houston Chronicle Visitors will be seeing the parks in peak spring bloom with bluebells, peonies, wisteria, roses and more at their most colorful. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The spring bloom can be explained by very quick and large development of phytoplankton population. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The spring bloom of phytoplankton and subsequent zooplankton blooms, provide the main source of nutrient input to the deep sea. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Since they are typically small, zooplankton can respond rapidly to increases in phytoplankton abundance, for instance, during the spring bloom. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An unforgettable view of the grounds, gardens and spring blooms awaits. Times, Sunday Times All stand to be affected by increasing toxic blooms. Smithsonian Mag Due to climate change and human impacts like agricultural runoff, these toxic blooms are becoming more common. Smithsonian Mag Worse, these changes have triggered an even greater problem: toxic blooms. Times, Sunday Times Urea can cause algal blooms to produce toxins, and its presence in the runoff from fertilized land may play a role in the increase of toxic blooms. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 花, 开花 Japanese: 花, 花を咲かせる |
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