FLOWER

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Traducere în limba română

flower I. substantiv

1. (bot.) floare; plantă înflorită;

flower of an hour zămoşiţă (Hibiscus trionum);

(fig.) no flowers fără flori, fără condoleanţe;

printer’s flower vinietă;

(amer. sl.) to sprinkle the flowers a da mită.

2. înflorire;

in flower în floare;

in full flower în plină înflorire;

to come / to burst / into flower a înflori, a da în floare.

3. floare (a vârstei), tinereţe;

in the flower of life / of one’s age în floarea vârstei.

4. cremă, elită, floare;

the flower of the army mândria armatei;

the flower of the flock mândria, fala familiei.

5. plural (ret.) ornamente retorice, înflorituri, floricele;

flowers of speech a) vorbe frumoase, turnuri stilistice; b) (peior.) fraze colorate.

6. plural (chim.) floare;

flowers of sulphur floare de sulf.

7. spumă (a unui lichid în fermentaţie).

8. plural floare (de mucegai, de vin etc.)

9. plural reguli, menstruaţie.

flower II. verb A. intranzitiv

a înflori, a fi în floare (şi fig.); a se dezvolta înfloritor.

flower II. verb B. tranzitiv

1. a înflora; a împodobi cu (desene de) flori, a broda cu flori.

2. a lăsa să înflorească.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

"I always did like flowers," said the Lion.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

He removed the flowers and lifted the silk handkerchief from her throat.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

But now Mr. Spenlow came out of the house, and Dora went to him, saying, “Look, papa, what beautiful flowers!”

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

The highly colored portion of the flower.

(Petal, Food and Drug Administration)

The centrally-located (usually) female portion (gyneceum) of a flower.

(Pistil, Food and Drug Administration)

His son married the beautiful maiden whom he had brought with him as a flower in his pocket, and whether they are still alive or not, is known to God.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

Other tests were carried out on flowers, with similar results.

(New Brazilian fertilizer can boost productivity, Agência BRASIL)

Her shoulder touched his as lightly as a butterfly touches a flower, and just as lightly was the counter-pressure.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

Peeping over the hedge, he saw the queen of his affections picking flowers in her garden.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Jane, will you have a flower?

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

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