在眾人面前打開的糗事
這一支借的是核心畫面的另一半：被看見。錯不大，但它是當著大家的面「開」出來的。
noun · C1
A silly mistake made where other people can see it, which makes you look foolish for a moment.
出糗的錯誤；糗事
這個拼法底下其實是2個不同的字，意思沒有關係， 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 燈籠褲（舊時女性內著） · 出糗的錯誤；糗事
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bloomer
n核心畫面
This one is not about flowers at all. A person's surname became the name of a garment: Amelia Bloomer argued for clothes women could move in, and the trousers ended up carrying her name. So the picture to hold here is a name on a label, not a plant opening. That is also why it lives only in the plural — bloomers, like trousers.
這一個和開花沒有關係。一個人的姓變成了一件衣服的名字。Amelia Bloomer 主張女性應該穿能活動的衣服，那種…更多收起
這一個和開花沒有關係。一個人的姓變成了一件衣服的名字。Amelia Bloomer 主張女性應該穿能活動的衣服，那種褲子後來就跟著她的姓走。所以這裡要記的畫面不是花打開，而是一個名字被貼在衣服上。它也因此只用複數：bloomers，和 trousers 一樣。看到單數的 bloomer，講的就是別的意思了。From the word’s history
Wiktionary gives this as a separate etymology: named after the American women's-rights activist Amelia Bloomer (1818-1894), who sought to introduce this style of dress.
Wiktionary 把這個字單獨列為另一條來源：取名自美國女權運動者 Amelia Bloomer（1818–1894），她推廣過這種服裝。所以它和 bloom（開花）那一支沒有血緣關係，只是剛好長得一樣。
Wiktionary entry for bloomer, etymology 3, kaikki extract source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1471852936 — etymology_text: Named after American women's-rights activist Amelia Bloomer (1818-1894), who sought to introduce this style of dress.
A second word, same spelling
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bloomer
n核心畫面
One way to hold this word: something that opens up, in its own time, where people can see it. A flower does it on a stem; a person does it years after everyone else; a does it in the oven, rising and splitting open; and a mistake does it in front of a room. The timing and the visibility are what the uses share — not a claim about how one grew out of another.
這個字可以想成「到了時候，在眾人看得見的地方打開」。花在枝上打開。人在別人早就開過之後才打開。麵包在烤箱裡脹起來、裂…更多收起
這個字可以想成「到了時候，在眾人看得見的地方打開」。花在枝上打開。人在別人早就開過之後才打開。麵包在烤箱裡脹起來、裂開。而一個小錯，是在滿屋子人面前打開的。共同的地方在兩件事：時間，和被看見。這只是一條幫助記憶的線，不是說某個意思一定從另一個長出來。From the word’s history
Wiktionary files these uses under bloom + -er, the ending that names the thing or person that does something. It does not trace how the blunder or the loaf reached that root, so the links drawn above are teaching aids, not history.
Wiktionary 把這幾個意思放在同一個來源底下：bloom（開花）加 -er（做某事的人或東西）。不過它沒有說明「出糗」和「麵包」是怎麼走到這個字根的。所以上面那條線只能當作幫助記憶的想法，不能當成歷史證據。
Wiktionary entry for bloomer, etymology 2, kaikki extract source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1471843403 — etymology_text: From bloom + -er.
From the picture
Also in this word
noun · B2
A person whose ability, looks or confidence come out at a certain point in life — usually heard as a late bloomer, someone who becomes good at something, or grows into themselves, later than the people around them.
較晚展現才能的人；大器晚成的人
noun · B2
A plant, described by when it opens its flowers — a late bloomer flowers late in the season, a night bloomer opens after dark.
開花的植物（依開花時間而言）
noun · C1
A round loaf of white bread.
圓形白麵包（英式）