正是春暖花開(kāi)的時(shí)節(jié)，小伙伴們有沒(méi)有外出賞花？常見(jiàn)的與花有關(guān)的單詞，如flower、blossom、bloom，都有各自的隱喻用法。正好借此機(jī)會(huì)了解一下！

Flower

Flower的名詞和動(dòng)詞形式用作隱喻，談?wù)撌挛镒詈玫幕蜃蠲利惖牟糠只蚍矫妗?/p>

?the flower of something是某事物最好的和最漂亮的部分。這一用法帶有較強(qiáng)的文學(xué)色彩。

—I feel I can still do it even though I am no longer in the full flower of youth.
我覺(jué)得我仍能做這件亊，雖然我青春的最好時(shí)光已不在。

—Her majesty invited the flower of the nobility.
女王陛下邀請(qǐng)了貴族的精英。

?the time when something flowers指某事物突然開(kāi)始積極發(fā)展的時(shí)間或處于最佳、最美好的狀態(tài)的時(shí)間。這一用法帶有較強(qiáng)的文學(xué)色彩。

—...the nation that had briefly flowered after 1918.
……在1918年以后有過(guò)短時(shí)間繁榮的那個(gè)國(guó)家。

Flowering

the flowering of something是某事物非常強(qiáng)大、非常討人喜愛(ài)或非常成功的時(shí)期。這一用法帶有較強(qiáng)的文學(xué)色彩。

—This was in the seventeenth century when modern science was in its first flowering.
這是在17世紀(jì)現(xiàn)代科學(xué)正處于第一次繁榮的時(shí)期。

—As these religions became established there was a flowering of art of every form all over the ancient world.
當(dāng)這些宗教的地位確立起來(lái)時(shí)，曾有一個(gè)時(shí)期古代世界各種形式的藝術(shù)都繁榮起來(lái)。

Blossom

動(dòng)詞blossom的隱喻用法與flower相似。說(shuō)something blossoms指某事物開(kāi)始健康發(fā)展或其狀態(tài)突然開(kāi)始改善。注意，名詞blossom通常沒(méi)有隱喻用法。

?a relationship, especially a romantic one, blossoms指某種相互關(guān)系，尤其是浪漫的關(guān)系變得更為密切、表現(xiàn)出更多的相互關(guān)心。

—The relationship blossomed. They decided to live together the following year.
他們之間的關(guān)系變得更加親密，于是他們決定次年一起生活。

—It was not until he joined her for a skiing holiday that their romance blossomed.
直到他和她一起滑雪度假，他們的浪漫關(guān)系才變得更加密切。

?someone blossoms指某人的個(gè)性或事業(yè)正以說(shuō)話者所認(rèn)可的方式發(fā)展。

—She had studied, worked, travelled and blossomed into an attractive, intelligent young woman.
她有了學(xué)習(xí)、工作、旅行的經(jīng)歷，已經(jīng)成長(zhǎng)為一個(gè)漂亮、聰明的年輕女人。

—She was a gauche adolescent who wore anything that came to hand and always managed to look tatty. But over the years she has blossomed.
她曾是個(gè)不擅社交的女孩，穿著非常不講究，老是顯得很邋遢。不過(guò)，這些年來(lái)她變得成熟了。

—Harrison started to blossom as a songwriter.
作為一個(gè)詞曲作者，哈里森開(kāi)始進(jìn)入成熟的創(chuàng)作時(shí)期。

?business/a career blossoms指業(yè)務(wù)或事業(yè)開(kāi)始健康發(fā)展。

—His business blossomed when the railway put his establishment within reach of the big city.
鐵路將他的公司與那個(gè)大城市連接起來(lái)后，他的生意開(kāi)始興旺。

—As her career blossomed, she kept her personal and professional lives totally separated.
當(dāng)她的事業(yè)開(kāi)始發(fā)達(dá)時(shí)，她將自己的個(gè)人生活和亊業(yè)完全分開(kāi)。

—. . .a blossoming, diverse economy.
……一個(gè)繁榮的、多樣化的經(jīng)濟(jì)體。

bloom

動(dòng)詞bloom用作隱喻，談?wù)擄@得很幸?；蚝芙】档娜?。

說(shuō)someone blooms/is blooming指某人看起來(lái)更漂亮，因?yàn)榇巳孙@得比以前更加健康、快樂(lè)。

—She bloomed into an utterly beautiful creature.
她出落成一個(gè)絕頂美麗的尤物。

—Greta is very much enjoying having the baby. She is blooming.
格蕾塔正因?yàn)橛辛诵『⒍械椒浅？鞓?lè)。她正在變得更加光彩照人。

注意，名詞bloom通常沒(méi)有隱喻用法。

【以上內(nèi)容摘自《柯林斯COBUILD英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)法叢書·隱喻》】