1.HBPDLGif a plant or a flower blooms, its flowers appear or open 开花;〔花〕盛开
2HAPPYSUCCESSFULto become happier, healthier, or more successful in a way that is very noticeable 精神焕发;兴旺SYN blossom
She was blooming the last time I saw her.
我上次见到她的时候她容光焕发。
Examples from the Corpus
bloom• From 1891 to 1911 the associationbloomed.• They are the wild flowers of our experience that are cultivated to bloom all our lives.• But we have made desertsbloom before: could we do the same thing on the Moon?• The appletrees had already finishedblooming, but the tinygreenfruit could hardly be called apples yet.• The house looked much the same, except that a sheaf of cream and redtulips had suddenly bloomed by the front door.• My house feels solid and safe and orderly; hyacinths and narcissusbloomindoors here even in the dead of winter.• Its small experiment with a house brand called Arizona has bloomed into $ 50 million a year in business.• The experiment bloomed into a $50 million business.• They bloom virtually all year round, and some have interestingleaf colours or scents too.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + BLOOM | BLOOM + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤beautiful, glorious, perfect美麗的花;絢麗的花◇a tree with perfect blooms開滿賞心悅目花朵的樹➤fragrant芬芳的花▸➤exotic奇異的花➤bright鮮豔的花➤summer夏天的花➤single單朵花➤huge大花VERB + BLOOM➤bear (formal, especially NAmE) , have, produce開花➤encourage (especially NAmE) 催花BLOOM + VERB➤appear花開◇The small white blooms appear in May.這種小白花 5 月開花。➤fade花枯萎◇The blooms have started to fade now.這些花現在開始枯萎了。PREPOSITION➤in bloom正在開花◇banks of rhododendrons in bloom一排排開放的杜鵑花PHRASES➤in full bloom花兒盛開◇The roses are now in full bloom.玫瑰花現在正在盛開。➤burst into bloom, come into bloom綻放花朵◇The spring flowers have come into bloom.春天的花朵已經開放。