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In this use, blooming is not about flowers. It is a British word you push into a remark when you are angry, fed up, or surprised, to give it extra force.
In this use在這個用法裡, blooming is not about flowersblooming跟花沒有關係。 It is a British word這是個英式用語, you push into a remark when you are angry, fed up, or surprised在你生氣、受夠了或驚訝的時候塞進一句話裡, to give it extra force用來加強語氣。
I've lost the blooming tickets. You blooming idiot.
I've lost the blooming tickets.'I've lost the blooming tickets.'(我把那該死的票搞丟了)。 You blooming idiot.'You blooming idiot.'(你這個該死的笨蛋)。
It is a milder stand-in for bloody, which is a stronger swear word. Older British speakers use it more than young ones; to many people now it sounds a bit comic, like a parent or a character in an old TV show.
It is a milder stand-in for bloody它是bloody(更粗的髒話)的溫和替代詞, which is a stronger swear wordbloody本身是比較重的髒話。 Older British speakers use it more than young ones年紀比較大的英國人用得比年輕人多; to many people now it sounds a bit comic對現在很多人來說聽起來有點好笑, like a parent or a character in an old TV show就像家長講話,或是老電視劇裡的角色。
It is informal. You would not put it in a serious essay unless you were showing how someone spoke.
It is informal這是口語用法。 You would not put it in a serious essay你不會把它放進正經的文章裡, unless you were showing how someone spoke除非你是在呈現某人講話的樣子。
Though actually, blooming can also mean opening into flower — blooming roses — and that is a different job for the same shape of word.
Though actually不過其實, blooming can also mean opening into flowerblooming也可以指開花—— blooming roses像blooming roses(盛開的玫瑰)—— and that is a different job for the same shape of word長得一樣,但那是這個字的另一份工作。
組成表面上是 bloom + -ing。這個生氣時的用法,其實是較軟的 bloody,不是在說花。
同家族的字
- bloomthe stem on the surface: bloom + -ing
原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
bloomingadj/ˈbluː.mɪŋ/
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Opening in blossoms; flowering.
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Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor, vigour; indicating the freshness and beauties of youth or health.
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A euphemism for the intensifier bloody.
- “How'd you like to be shoved in a blooming log?'
bloomingadv/ˈbluː.mɪŋ/
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A euphemism for the intensifier bloody.
- My train's late again. Blooming typical.
- ‘You give me twelve bob a foot, an’ I’ll bloomin’ quick show you whether I can bore or not.’
bloomingnoun/ˈbluː.mɪŋ/
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The act by which something blooms.
- Such bloomings, Dr. McLaren continued, would require a critical audience, “so that they can be subject to scientific and ethical review, freely available for research and one day, perhaps, for treating diseases.”
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engineeringmetallurgynatural-sciencesThe process of making blooms from the ore or from cast iron.
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artshobbieslifestyleA phenomenon where excessive light causes bright patches in a picture.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。