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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   flower

   • IPA[ˈflouər]

   美式

   • n.
     the seed-bearing part of a plant, consisting of reproductive organs (stamens and carpels) that are typically surrounded by a brightly colored corolla (petals) and a green calyx (sepals).；a brightly colored and conspicuous example of the flower of a plant together with its stalk, typically used with others as a decoration or gift
   • v.
     (of a plant) produce flowers; bloom；induce (a plant) to produce flowers.

   • verb: flower, 3rd person present: flowers, gerund or present participle: flowering, past tense: flowered, past participle: flowered

   • noun: flower, plural noun: flowers

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. the seed-bearing part of a plant, consisting of reproductive organs (stamens and carpels) that are typically surrounded by a brightly colored corolla (petals) and a green calyx (sepals). 同義詞 bloom, blossom, floweret, floret
   • ▪ a brightly colored and conspicuous example of the flower of a plant together with its stalk, typically used with others as a decoration or gift I stopped to buy Bridget some flowers
   • ▪ the state or period in which a plant's flowers have developed and opened the roses were just coming into flower
   • 2. the finest individuals out of a number of people or things the flower of college track athletes 同義詞 best, finest, top, pick, choice, ... 更多choicest, prime, cream, prize, treasure, pearl, gem, jewel, the jewel in the crown, the crème de la crème, first class, elite, elect, informalthe tops反義詞 dregs
   • ▪ the period of optimum development a young policeman in the flower of his life gunned down

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. (of a plant) produce flowers; bloom these daisies can flower as late as October
   • ▪ induce (a plant) to produce flowers.
   • 2. be in or reach an optimum stage of development; develop fully and richly it is there that the theory of deconstruction has flowered most extravagantly