the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
a developmental process;
"the flowering of antebellum culture"
Adjective
having a flower or bloom;
"a flowering plant"
例句
用作形容词(adj.)
The flowering shrubs were a scarlet flame.花丛一片嫣红。
A flowering tree blew down and some small shrubs were flattened.一棵正在开花的树被吹倒了，一些小灌木也被吹毁了。
用作名词(n.)
Flowering will be late this year.今年花期将延迟。
Within these trees flowering is often heaviest on the sun-facing side of the crown.而在这些材木中，树冠向阳的一面通常是开花最繁茂。
Stimulated by contact with India and the Middle East, the empire saw a flowering of creativity in many fields.在与印度(当时的天竺)和中东的交流中，在他们的促进下，唐朝在许多领域里得到了长足的发展。
