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flower

Word family 
Related topics: Nature
ldoce_112_hflow·er1 /ˈflaʊə $ -ər/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countableC]   → flour
1  DNa coloured or white part that a plant or tree produces before fruit or seeds 花，花朵 → floral
 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
→5  See picture of clematis 铁线莲, orchid 兰花, lily 百合花 ... →4  See picture of 见图 flower
2  ldoce_112.png DNa 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，他就送给我一束花。
 a beautiful flower arrangement (=flowers arranged together in an attractive way)
美丽的插花
→5 see picture at 见图 bouquet
3  in flower DLGHBPa plant or tree that is in flower has flowers on it 在开花 SYN in bloom
 It was May, and the apple trees were all in flower.
那是个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。
Examples from the Corpus
come into flower• In the garden of the little farm, fruit trees are coming into flower, and others are beginning to leaf.• When planted through beds of hybrid tea or floribunda rosea they add interest before the roses come into flower.
4  the flower of something literaryBEST the best part of something 精华，最好的部分
 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
Examples from the Corpus
the flower of something• The flower of the nation's youth was lost in the war.• The period of emancipation, the flowering of literary tradition, the Holocaust.• They liked to put pictures around their house, and the flowers of the field on the kitchen table.• How dare they believe that they could stand before the flower of Bretonnian chivalry!• Even I, in the flower of my youth, recognize that as a terrifying thought.• After all, indiscretion is only the flowering of desperation.• They picked the flowers of the hedgerows and every new find had to be identified in Blackie's.• To each side were gardens brilliantly blooming with the flowers of spring.
n COLLOCATIONS – Meanings 1 & 2
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + flower
lovely/pretty/beautiful
They admired the lovely flowers in the garden.
delicate
The plant produces delicate purple flowers.
rare
A number of rare flowers grow in these woods.
dead
There were dead flowers in a vase of green water.
artificial
a basket of artificial flowers
a wild flower
The meadows were covered with wild flowers.
a garden flower
Dahlias have become one of the best loved garden flowers.
an exotic flower
We grow exotic flowers from all over the world.
a spring/summer/autumn/winter flower
The mountainsides were blanketed with spring flowers.
cut flowers
Make cut flowers last longer by changing the water in the vase.
dried flowers
She had brightened up the room with a vase of dried flowers.
a silk flower
She wore a huge silk flower in her hair.
verbs
flowers grow
Flowers were growing along the side of the road.
flowers bloom (=start appearing on a plant)
Spring flowers bloomed in the meadows.
flowers open
As the weather gets warmer, the flowers open.
grow flowers
He grows flowers as well as vegetables.
pick flowers
I'll pick some flowers to put on the table.
produce flowers
The plant will produce beautiful trumpet-shaped flowers.
pollinate flowers (=give a flower or plant pollen so that it can produce seeds)
Various insects pollinate the flowers.
be covered in flowers (=have flowers on every part)
The fields were covered in wild flowers.
phrases
a bunch of flowers
He gave me a lovely bunch of flowers.
a bouquet of flowers (=a large bunch of flowers that is given to someone)
The bride held a bouquet of flowers.
a vase of flowers
On the table was a vase of flowers.
the flowers are in bloom (also the flowers are out) (=they appear on a plant)
At this time of the year, the flowers are in bloom.
be a mass of flowers (=have a lot of flowers growing on every part)
In spring, the valley is a mass of flowers.
flower + NOUN
a flower shop
He used to run a flower shop.
a flower arrangement
She produced dried flower arrangements for sale.
flower arranging
I learnt flower arranging from my mother.
a flower pot
The terrace was covered in flower pots.
a flower bed (=an area for growing flowers in a garden)
The flower beds had been weeded.
Examples from the Corpus
flower• Baptisia australis has indigo-blue flowers and superbly soft, bluish-grey foliage which is wonderful to use fresh.• Mrs. Coulter planted a few flowers in her front yard.• It produces small, fragrant flowers that cluster on older stems.• The female hazelnut flowers have extended their tiny purple tongues, but the male flowers resemble those of the alders.• Amelia was holding a huge bouquet of flowers.• Here presumably Miss Wharton and her fellow helpers would arrange the flowers, wash out their dusters, refresh themselves with tea.• She wanted to hold the flowers as well, and I told her that might just be possible.• They need 14 hours of light a day to bring out the flowers.• I had hardly remembered the most obvious and striking spectacle of the myriad snow-white flowers now staring me in the face.• Other suggestions were wholesome, home-cooked meals or decorating the home with flowers and plants.
wild flowers• This is yet another area rich in wild flowers.• We were there in Spring and walked on a carpet of wild flowers.• There was a scent of wild flowers and grass cooling after a hot day.• She wondered if fate had just punished her for picking wild flowers.• The latter have produced wild flowers and butterflies which are of great interest to visitors and school children.• They are the wild flowers of our experience that are cultivated to bloom all our lives.• What Charles also wanted now he had a garden of his own was wild flowers.• But we also brought food, stones found along the way, wild flowers, and objects from our personal belongings.
flower arrangement• The next day, she was in church at Farnham Road, doing flower arrangements for a wedding.• Within the deceptively small establishment are numerous and unique fresh flower arrangements, from small desktop bouquets to massive special occasion arrangements.• Why not use some of them to make a lovely flower arrangement.• Alexander demonstrates simple flower arrangements for table centerpieces, holiday centerpieces and silk flowers.• Some flower arrangements, valued at more than $ 100, were placed near the rock.• The flower arrangement from the Society is beautiful and will give pleasure and remembrance for a long time.• Somewhere they must have an affinity for it; hearts inclined to flower arrangements, minds intrigued by cleaning products.
Related topics: Gardening, Plants
flower2 ●●○ verb [intransitiveI]  
1  DLGHBPto 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。
2  literaryASUCCESSFUL to develop in a very successful way 繁荣，兴旺 SYN flourish
 the economic and social conditions that will allow democracy to flower
将促进民主繁荣的经济和社会环境
Examples from the Corpus
flower• Hardly any of the gladioli I planted actually flowered.• Communal living flowered briefly in the 1960s.• The nasturtiums were flowering, brilliant and ragged across the soil, orange as flames.• Only perfection can flower in the light.
Origin flower1
(1100-1200) Old French flor, flour, from Latin flos
flow·er1 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1flower2 verb
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