blossomverb[I]ukYour browser doesn't support HTML5 audio
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/ˈblɑː.səm/When atreeorplantblossoms, itproducesflowersbeforeproducingfruitthat can beeaten:（植物）开花Thecherrytreeisbeginningto blossom.樱桃树开始开花了。Whenpeopleblossom, theybecomemoreattractive,successful, orconfident, and when goodfeelingsorrelationshipsblossom, theydevelopandbecomestronger:（人）变得更有魅力（或更成功、更自信）；（好的感觉或关系）深入发展，增强She has really blossomedrecently.她近来确实容光焕发。She issuddenlyblossomingintoa veryattractivewoman.她突然出落成了一位很有魅力的女子。Sean and Sarah'sfriendshipblossomedintolove.肖恩和萨拉之间的友谊发展成了爱情。SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesFlowers - general words-petalledabscissionantherbe in blossomidiombloomcomecome outdoublefemalefloralfloweryheadin floweridiommulti-headedphotorespirationphotosynthesizepollenposystalkstamenSee more results »You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Becoming betterblossomnoun[CorU]ukYour browser doesn't support HTML5 audio
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/ˈblɑː.səm/asmallflower, or thesmallflowerson atreeorplant:花朵；花簇apple/cherryblossom苹果花／樱花shene/Paju, Gyeonggido, South Korea/GettyImagesSMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesFlowers - general words-petalledabscissionantherbe in blossomidiombloomcomecome outdoublefemalefloralfloweryheadin floweridiommulti-headedphotorespirationphotosynthesizepollenposystalkstamenSee more results »Idiombe in blossom(Definition ofblossomfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)blossom| American Dictionaryblossomverb[I]usYour browser doesn't support HTML5 audio
/ˈblɑs·əm/(of atreeorplant) toproduceflowersthatdevelopintofruit:Thecherrytreeisbeginningto blossom.fig.She has really blossomedrecently(=becomemoreconfidentandsuccessful).blossomnoun[C/U]usYour browser doesn't support HTML5 audio
/ˈblɑs·əm/aflower, or all theflowerson atreeorplant:[C]Thetreewascoveredwithwhiteblossoms.[U]Thescentofappleblossomfilledtheair.(Definition ofblossomfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)ExamplesofblossomblossomSecond, they take from the blossoms of the willow and the broom 'their fertile booty' from which 'they build waxen castles'.From theCambridge English CorpusThe image of youth as blossoming prevails in personal letters as well.From theCambridge English CorpusEverything happens as though the design was a code that comes to life and blossoms in the organic nature of a specific individual.From theCambridge English CorpusCultural arguments have always been considered an important explanatory variable in the development literature that blossomed since the 1960s.From theCambridge English CorpusParticularly, youth groups, pan-ethnic groups, environmental and civil rights groups have blossomed.From theCambridge English CorpusTransplantation blossomed, this advance greatly improving kidney transplant results and stimulating the proliferation of successful liver and cardiac transplant programs.From theCambridge English CorpusWhat was once the scraggly effort of a few odd individuals has now blossomed into a major field.From theCambridge English CorpusFrom about 6+16 weeks after blossoming, the fruits increase rapidly in volume and weight mostly owing to pericarp growth.From theCambridge English CorpusYou moved on exactly when this was blossoming.From theCambridge English CorpusThey also allow us a rare view of a professional acquaintance which very quickly blossomed into a deep friendship sustained during the entire life span of the two protagonists.From theCambridge English CorpusThe thought blossomed like a magician's bouquet.From theCambridge English CorpusOver the last thirty years, geometric modelling has blossomed as a discipline, with implicit shape representations of the form = 0 becoming increasingly popular and now used widely.From theCambridge English CorpusIs she good for the literacy classes in which she is blossoming if she refuses to read the news and editorials next to the gossip column?From theCambridge English CorpusThe focus of chemical-pharmaceutical practice was the extraction of aqueous and oily distillates from vegetable materials such as spices, herbs, blossoms, fruits, seeds, woods, husks, and barks.From theCambridge English CorpusThe friendship blossomed rapidly but, within a year, had unravelled so totally that the two agreed not to communicate in any form for the foreseeable future.From theCambridge English CorpusThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/blossom##