flower
gb/flˈaʊɚ/ us/flˈaʊɚ/
A1
Αγγλικά
~ 1400
Σημασίες
0 σημασίες
Ουσιαστικό
A1
entity
1
Reproductive part of a plant
The part of a plant that grows with petals and makes seeds.
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
a [adjective] flower
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners sometimes confuse 'flower' with 'flour' (used for baking) because they sound the same.
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.)
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
fresh flowers
|wild flowers
|flower garden
|flower shop
|flower petals
Θέματα
nature
|plants
|daily life
|science
Παραδείγματα
- The garden is full of bright red flowers.
- She picked a flower and placed it in her hair.
- Many insects are attracted to the smell of flowers.
- Tulips are my favorite kind of flower.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
- I see a yellow flower.
- This flower is very big.
- She gives me a flower.
- There is one flower in the vase.
Ρήμα
literary
B1
action
2
To produce flowers
When a plant grows flowers.
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
[plant] flowers in [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.)
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
plants flower
|trees flower
|flowering season
Θέματα
nature
|plants
|core_vocabulary
Παραδείγματα
- The cherry trees flower in early April.
- These plants only flower once a year.
- The cactus will flower if given enough sunlight.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
- The tree will flower in spring.
- My plant flowers in summer.
- The bush flowers every year.
Ουσιαστικό
literary
C1
state
3
Best or most developed period
The best time or most successful part of something.
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
the flower of [something]
Συνώνυμα
prime (Neutral term for the best period of life or development.)
Αντώνυμα
decline (A period when quality or success is decreasing.)
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
in the flower of youth
|the flower of civilization
Θέματα
literature
|life stages
|time
|core_vocabulary
Παραδείγματα
- He died in the flower of his youth.
- This was the flower of the city's cultural life.
- They were in the flower of their careers.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
- She is in the flower of her youth.
- It was the flower of the team's history.
- He died in the flower of his life.
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.