bloom

開花

植物の花が開いて咲いている状態。

やさしい英語で： The state of a plant having open flowers.

• The roses are in bloom.
• Spring brought the trees into bloom.
• We visited the garden at the height of its bloom.

使い方： be in bloom (The apple trees are in bloom.); come into bloom (These roses come into bloom in June.)

類義語： flowering, blossoming

よく使う表現： in bloom, full bloom, come into bloom

花

つぼみが開いて咲いた花。

やさしい英語で： A flower that has opened.

• A pink bloom opened today.
• She cut three blooms for the vase.
• These plants produce bright blooms all summer.

類義語： flower, blossom

よく使う表現： rose bloom, beautiful bloom, single bloom

若々しさ、盛り

美しさや健康、力が生き生きと満ちている時期や状態。

やさしい英語で： A time or state of fresh beauty, health, or strength.

• Her cheeks had the bloom of health.
• He remembered her in the bloom of youth.
• Their friendship had lost its early bloom.

類義語： freshness, prime

よく使う表現： bloom of youth, bloom of health, lose its bloom

鮮やかな色の鉱物

鉱物のうち、鮮やかな色をしたもの。

やさしい英語で： A brightly coloured form of a mineral.

• The rock carries pink cobalt bloom.
• Nickel bloom covered part of the sample.
• She identified the bright mineral as cobalt bloom.

よく使う表現： cobalt bloom, nickel bloom

咲く、広がる

花が開くこと。また、物事が同じように徐々に開いたり広がったりすること。

やさしい英語で： If a flower does this, it opens; other things can gradually open or spread in a similar way.

• The roses bloom in June.
• Purple flowers bloomed across the hillside.
• Colour slowly bloomed across the wet paper.

使い方： bloom into something (The tiny buds bloomed into bright flowers.)

類義語： flower, blossom, open

反対語： wither

よく使う表現： bloom in spring, bloom into something, flowers bloom