flower
gb/flˈaʊɚ/ us/flˈaʊɚ/
A1
Αγγλικά
~ 1400
virág, virágzik, fénykor, élete virágában
ΟΥΣΙΑΣΤΙΚΌ
A1
1
virág
A1
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
a [adjective] flower
The garden is full of bright red flowers.
A kert tele van élénkpiros virágokkal.
She picked a flower and placed it in her hair.
Leszakított egy virágot, és a hajába tűzte.
Many insects are attracted to the smell of flowers.
Tulips are my favorite kind of flower.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
I see a yellow flower.
Látok egy sárga virágot.
This flower is very big.
Ez a virág nagyon nagy.
She gives me a flower.
There is one flower in the vase.
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners sometimes confuse 'flower' with 'flour' (used for baking) because they sound the same.
Σημασία
Reproductive part of a plant
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
fresh flowers
|wild flowers
|flower garden
|flower shop
|flower petals
Συνώνυμα
blossom (Often used for flowers on trees or shrubs, especially in spring.)
Αντώνυμα
leaf (A different plant part, used for photosynthesis rather than reproduction.)
Θέματα
nature
|plants
|daily life
|science
Ορισμός
The part of a plant that grows with petals and makes seeds.
The seed-bearing part of a plant, often surrounded by colorful petals.
ΡΉΜΑ
B1
LITERARY
2
virágzik
B1
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
[plant] flowers in [season]
The cherry trees flower in early April.
A cseresznyefák április elején virágoznak.
These plants only flower once a year.
Ezek a növények évente csak egyszer virágoznak.
The cactus will flower if given enough sunlight.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
The tree will flower in spring.
A fa tavasszal fog virágozni.
My plant flowers in summer.
A növényem nyáron virágzik.
The bush flowers every year.
Σημασία
To produce flowers
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
plants flower
|trees flower
|flowering season
Συνώνυμα
bloom (More common in everyday speech for plants producing flowers.)
Αντώνυμα
wilt (Describes the process of a plant or flower drooping or dying rather than blooming.)
Θέματα
nature
|plants
|core_vocabulary
Ορισμός
When a plant grows flowers.
(Of a plant) to produce flowers; to bloom.
ΟΥΣΙΑΣΤΙΚΌ
C1
LITERARY
3
fénykor
B2
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
the flower of [something]
He died in the flower of his youth.
Fiatalsága virágában halt meg.
This was the flower of the city's cultural life.
Ez volt a város kulturális életének fénykora.
They were in the flower of their careers.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
She is in the flower of her youth.
Fiatalsága virágában van.
It was the flower of the team's history.
Ez volt a csapat történetének fénykora.
He died in the flower of his life.
Σημασία
Best or most developed period
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
in the flower of youth
|the flower of civilization
Συνώνυμα
prime (Neutral term for the best period of life or development.)
Αντώνυμα
decline (A period when quality or success is decreasing.)
Θέματα
literature
|life stages
|time
|core_vocabulary
Ορισμός
The best time or most successful part of something.
The best or most successful stage or period of something.
Γραμματική
Λημματική μορφή
flower
IPA
GB/flˈaʊɚ/
US/flˈaʊɚ/
Συλλαβές και τόνος
flower (1 συλλαβή)
Stress on 1st syllable (flower)
Τύποι λέξης
Noun
- Base: flower
- Plural: flower, flowers
Verb
- Base: flower
- 3rd Person Singular: flowers
- Present Participle: flowering
- Past: flowered
Οικογένεια λέξεων
Εκφράσεις
come into flower
1/kˈʌm ˈɪntu flˈaʊɚ/
idiom
Begin blooming or peak stage
When a plant starts to have flowers, or when something starts to be successful.
Παραδείγματα
- The roses came into flower earlier than usual this year.
- Her career really came into flower after she moved to New York.
flower power
1/flˈaʊɚ pˈaʊɚ/
fixed phrase
informal
1960s peace and love movement
A way to talk about the hippie movement in the 1960s that wanted peace and love instead of war.
Παραδείγματα
- Flower power was a symbol of hope during the Vietnam War era.
- They wore colorful clothes as part of the flower power style.
in full flower
1/ˈɪn fˈʊl flˈaʊɚ/
idiom
literary
At peak development or success
At the time when something is at its best or most complete.
Παραδείγματα
- Her talent was in full flower by the time she was twenty.
- The city's art scene was in full flower during the 1980s.