单词 | burgeoning |
释义 | burgeoningn. 1. The action of budding or sprouting: also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [noun] > growth > development or springing forth budding1398 burgeoningc1400 sprouting1547 c1400 Primer in W. Maskell Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae (1846) II. 24 Thou ȝeldist with hooly buriownynge. 1616 G. Markham Countrey Farm iii. xlvi. 401 It keepeth the tree from growing and rising, which is the same that we call bourgening. 1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion ii. v. 91 April burgeoning of sunny locks. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > bud > [noun] burgeoninga1340 bud1398 burging1398 burgeona1400 tendron14.. buttona1425 pumple1523 oillet1574 dodkin1578 pimple1582 eyelet1600 knot1601 eye1618 budleta1864 button bud1869 break1933 the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [noun] > offspring seedOE offspringOE begottena1325 birtha1325 issuea1325 burgeoninga1340 fruit of the loinsa1340 young onec1384 increasement1389 geta1400 gendera1425 procreation1461 progeniturec1487 engendera1500 propagation1536 feture1537 increase1552 breed1574 spawn1590 bowela1593 teeming1599 pullulation1641 prolifications1646 educt1677 produce1823 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter 513 As rayne on herbe, and as droppis on burionyngis. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xxiii. 33 Ȝee..fruytis, or buriownyngus, of eddris. 1618 Sheph. Kal. (1656) xlvii Thou ugly beast, Which of the Wines the burgenings doth eat. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2019). burgeoningadj. That buds or sprouts. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > [adjective] > sprouting or germinating bearingOE burgeoninga1382 burging1398 springingc1400 sprouting1531 upstarting1581 sprigging1583 teeming1642 germinating1657 fruticant1670 shooting1717 chipping1743 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Wisd. xix. 7 A buriounende feeld. 1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells iii. 150 It is still greene and burgeoning. 1886 Standard 17 May Sitting on bench and chair under the burgeoning trees. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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