flow‧er 1 S2 W2 / flaʊə $ -ər / 名词 [可数名词]
1 a coloured or white part that a plant or tree produces before fruit or seeds → floral :
a lovely rose bush with delicate pink flowers
fields full of beautiful wild flowers
2
a small plant that produces beautiful flowers :
He wasn’t interested in growing flowers in the garden.
She bent down and picked a flower .
bunch/bouquet of flowers
The first night we met he gave me a bunch of flowers.
a beautiful flower arrangement (= flowers arranged together in an attractive way )
3 in flower a plant or tree that is in flower has flowers on it 同义词 in bloom :
It was May, and the apple trees were all in flower.
Roses start to come into flower in June.
4 the flower of something literary the best part of something :
young men killed in the flower of their youth
COLLOCATIONS
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.
动词
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.
短语
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.