单词 | abloom |
释义 | abloom (once / 50946 pages) adj Something that's abloom is flowering or blooming. When your rose bush is abloom, it's covered in huge yellow flowers. If a plant is abloom, it's covered in flowers. Buds are opening, and blossoms are big and full. You can also use the adjective abloom figuratively, to mean "flourishing" or "healthy," as when your pink-cheeked friend looks abloom with good health from the fresh air. The prefix a- here means "in," and bloom has a Scandinavian root, the Old Norse blóm, "flower or blossom." WORD FAMILYabloom USAGE EXAMPLESThe day was hot, the garden abloom with mid-July. The Guardian(Nov 05, 2016) Trellises were everywhere, many abloom with wisteria flowers, each as big as a full bunch of grapes. Washington Post(Sep 22, 2016) That’s how to keep that Sweet Briar rose abloom. Washington Post(Mar 07, 2015) adj bursting into flower Syn efflorescent mature having reached full natural growth or development |
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