bloom

bloom1
noun
  1. a flower, especially one cultivated for its beauty
    （尤指供观赏的）花
    an exotic bloom.
    一朵异国情调的花。
    ■[mass noun]the state or period of flowering
    开花，开花期
    the apple trees were in bloom.
    苹果树正在开花。
    ■[mass noun]the state or period of greatest beauty, freshness, or vigour
    最美（或最富于青春活力）的状态（或时期），花季，全盛期
    a young girl, still in the bloom of youth.
    仍处于青春花季的少女。
    ■[insing.]a youthful or healthy glow in a person's complexion
    青春容光，健康的容颜
    her face had lost its usual bloom.
    她的脸失去了常有的光彩。
    ■[mass noun]a full bright sound, especially in a musical recording
    （尤指音乐录音中）饱满响亮的声音
    the remastering has lost some of the bloom of the strings.
    重新制作的母盘丧失了弦乐器的活力感。
  2. a delicate powdery surface deposit on certain fresh fruits, leaves, or stems
    （新鲜水果、叶子或茎表面上的）粉衣，粉霜
    ■[mass noun]a greyish-white appearance on chocolate caused by cocoa butter rising to the surface
    （巧克力的）起霜
    ■short for algal bloom
    algal bloom 的简称
verb
  1. [noobj.]produce flowers; be in flower
    开花；在开花，处于花期
    a chalk pit where cowslips bloomed.
    开着野樱草花的白垩矿场。
    ■come into or be in full beauty or health; flourish
    风姿绰约，容光焕发；繁荣，兴旺
    the children had bloomed in the soft Devonshire air.
    孩子们是在德文郡和煦的空气中长大的。
    ■(of fire, colour, or light) become radiant and glowing
    （火，色彩，光）发亮，发光
    colour bloomed in her cheeks.
    她的面颊透出光泽。
  2. [with obj.](technical)coat (a lens) with a special surface layer so as to reduce reflection from its surface
    (技)给（透镜）敷膜
常用词组
the bloom is off the rose
  1. (N. Amer.)the thing in question is no longer new, fresh, or exciting
    (北美)明日黄花，已失去新颖感或应时价值的事物
语源
  1. Middle English : from Old Norse blóm 'flower, blossom', blómi 'prosperity', blómar 'flowers'
bloom2
noun
  1. a mass of iron, steel, or other metal hammered or rolled into a thick bar for further working
    （铁、钢或其他金属的）初轧方坯，大方坯
    ■(historical)an unworked mass of puddled iron
    (史)搅炼熟铁
verb
  1. [with obj.][usu. as noun blooming]make (metal) into such a mass
    把（金属）轧成坯块
语源
  1. Old English blōma, of unknown origin
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