bud

• 名词，指植物上未展开的花或叶，即花蕾或叶芽；也可指茎上或身体上隆起的部分，如芽状突起。

A noun referring to a small, partially opened flower or a swelling on a plant stem that contains developing leaves or petals.

1. Partially opened flowerA2formal

   A small, immature flower that has not yet fully opened.

   花蕾

   • The rosebud is just beginning to show its color.
   • She picked a bud from the garden to put in a vase.
   • The tree is covered in buds, promising a beautiful spring.

   同义词flower bud

   反义词bloomblossomflower

2. Plant swellingA2formal

   A small swelling on a plant stem that contains undeveloped leaves or petals.

   芽

   • The buds on the maple tree are starting to swell.
   • Gardeners carefully prune branches just above a healthy bud.
   • Each bud on the stem will eventually grow into a leaf.

   同义词burgeonembryogermshootsprout

• 动词，表示植物发芽、长出花苞或新芽的过程，也引申为事物开始生长、发展或萌发。

A verb used to indicate the act of forming or producing buds, or of beginning to grow or develop.

1. Develop budsB1formal

   To produce or put forth buds, as a plant does in spring.

   发芽

   • The trees are beginning to bud after the long winter.
   • Roses bud in early summer.
   • The gardener watched the plants bud and bloom.

   同义词burgeongerminatepullulateshootsprout

2. Start to grow or developB2formal

   To begin to grow, develop, or emerge.

   开始萌发

   • A new friendship began to bud between them.
   • Her talent for painting started to bud at a young age.
   • The company's success began to bud after the new product launch.

   同义词bloomblossomburgeondevelopemergegerminategrowshootsprout

   反义词decaydieshrinkwither