单词 | burgeon |
释义 | burgeon/ˈbəːdʒ(ə)n /verb [no object] (often as adjective burgeoning) 1Begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish: manufacturers are keen to cash in on the burgeoning demand...
Synonyms grow rapidly, increase rapidly/exponentially, expand, spring up, shoot up, swell, explode, boom, mushroom, proliferate, snowball, multiply, become more numerous, escalate, rocket, skyrocket, run riot, put on a spurt; flourish, thrive, prosper 1.1 archaic or literary Put forth young shoots; bud.Burbank studied life at its fountain head - in the marvelous little buds and shoots and leaves that burgeon forth each spring to fill us anew with the awe for nature....
OriginMiddle English: from Old French bourgeonner 'put out buds', from borjon 'bud', based on late Latin burra 'wool'. Rhymes |
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