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\\\"
造句
用作形容詞(adj.)
The flowering shrubs were a scarlet flame. 花叢一片嫣紅。
A flowering tree blew down and some small shrubs were flattened. 一棵正在開花的樹被吹倒了，一些小灌木也被吹毀了。
用作名詞(n.)
Flowering will be late this year. 今年花期將延遲。
Within these trees flowering is often heaviest on the sun-facing side of the crown. 而在這些材木中，樹冠向陽的一面通常是開花最繁茂。
Stimulated by contact with India and the Middle East, the empire saw a flowering of creativity in many fields. 在與印度(當時的天竺)和中東的交流中，在他們的促進下，唐朝在許多領域里得到了長足的發展。