bloom /bluːm/ CET4 TEM4 ( blooming, bloomed, blooms )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A bloom is the flower on a plant. 花 [文学性]

  例：

  The sweet fragrance of the white blooms makes this climber a favourite.

  白色花朵散发出的甜香使这株藤蔓成了宠儿。

• 2. 

  PHRASE A plant or tree that is in bloom has flowers on it. 开花

  例：

  ...a pink climbing rose in full bloom.

  …一朵盛开的粉色攀缘玫瑰。

• 3. 

  V-I When a plant or tree blooms, it produces flowers. When a flower blooms, it opens. 开花; (花) 开

  例：

  This plant blooms between May and June.

  这种植物在五六月间开花。

• 4. 

  V-I If someone or something blooms, they develop good, attractive, or successful qualities. 蓬勃发展

  例：

  Not many economies bloomed in 1990, least of all gold exporters like Australia.

  没有几个国家的经济在1990年蓬勃发展，尤其是像澳大利亚这样的金矿出口国。

• 5. 

  N-UNCOUNT If something such as someone's skin has a bloom, it has a fresh and healthy appearance. 红润 [also 'a' N]

  例：

  The skin loses its youthful bloom.

  皮肤失去了年轻时的红润。

• 6. 

  N a fine whitish coating on the surface of fruits, leaves, etc, consisting of minute grains of a waxy substance

• 7. 

  N a rectangular mass of metal obtained by rolling or forging a cast ingot 方坯

• 8. 

  V to convert (an ingot) into a bloom by rolling or forging 把(铸块)铸成方坯