flower
noun
verb
ˈflaʊə
noun
1
a
coloured
or
white
part
that
a
plant
or
tree
produces
before
fruit
or
seeds
花，花朵
a
lovely
rose
bush
with
delicate
pink
flowers
一簇开着娇嫩的粉红色花朵的美丽蔷薇
fields
full
of
beautiful
wild
flowers
开满美丽野花的田野
2
a
small
plant
that
produces
beautiful
flowers
开花植物
He
wasn’t
interested
in
growing
flowers
in
the
garden.
他对在花园里种花没兴趣。
She
bent
down
and
picked
a
flower
.
她弯下身，摘了一朵花。
bunch/bouquet
of
flowers
The
first
night
we
met
he
gave
me
a
bunch
of
flowers.
我们认识的第一个晚上，他就送了我一束花。
a
beautiful
flower
arrangement
(=flowers
arranged
together
in
an
attractive
way)
美丽的插花
3
in flower
a
plant
or
tree
that
is
in
flower
has
flowers
on
it
在开花
It
was
May,
and
the
apple
trees
were
all
in
flower.
那是在 5 月，苹果树开满了花。
Roses
start
to
come
into
flower
in
June.
玫瑰 6 月份开始开花。
4
the flower of sth
the
best
part
of
something
[文] 精华，精英，最好的部分
literary
young
men
killed
in
the
flower
of
their
youth
在风华正茂之时被夺去生命的年轻人
verb
5
to
produce
flowers
开花
Bulbs
that
you
plant
in
the
autumn
should
flower
the
following
spring.
秋天种下的鳞茎植物来年春天就会开花。
6
to
develop
in
a
very
successful
way
[文] 繁荣，兴旺
literary
the
economic
and
social
conditions
that
will
allow
democracy
to
flower
将会促进民主大力发展的经济和社会环境