【英语思维导图】词源学记忆法第二十七季
各位小伙伴们，好久不见，你们还好吗？现在又开始更新了，跟着词源学学习背单词，掌握单词构造的基本原理，学习起来事半功倍，越学越想学。一起来看看本季的幼儿园词汇吧。
本季选择的幼儿园词汇是flower，花朵的意思。
上词源学解释：
flower (n.)
c. 1200, flour, also flur, flor, floer, floyer, flowre, 'the blossom of a plant; a flowering plant,' from Old French flor 'flower, blossom; heyday, prime; fine flour; elite; innocence, virginity' (12c., Modern French fleur), from Latin florem (nominative flos) 'flower' (source of Italian fiore, Spanish flor), from PIE root *bhel- (3) 'to thrive, bloom.'
flower的名词形式出现在1200年，有多种拼写方式，例如flur，flor，floer等，最早表示植物的花朵，正在开花的植物，来源于古法语，来源于拉丁语的flos词根
From late 14c. in English as 'blossoming time,' also, figuratively, 'prime of life, height of one's glory or prosperity, state of anything that may be likened to the flowering state of a plant.' As 'the best, the most excellent; the best of its class or kind; embodiment of an ideal,' early 13c. (of persons, mid-13c. of things); for example flour of milk 'cream' (early 14c.); especially 'wheat meal after bran and other coarse elements have been removed, the best part of wheat' (mid-13c.). Modern spelling and full differentiation from flour (n.) is from late 14c.
14世纪以后，在英语中表示开花的时间，也表示美好的生活，植物正在开花的一种状态
In the 'blossom of a plant' sense it ousted its Old English cognate blostm (see blossom (n.)). Also used from Middle English as a symbol of transitoriness (early 14c.); 'a beautiful woman' (c. 1300); 'virginity' (early 14c.). Flower-box is from 1818. Flower-arrangement is from 1873. Flower child 'gentle hippie' is from 1967.
flower还存在动词形式：
flower (v.)
1200年，flower的动词就表示 开花
flower 共有两个词根 -flor- ，-flour-
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-flor-
flora n. 植物群
flor +a（名词后缀，表群类）=> flora
Because she was a botanist , she spent most of her time studying the flora of the desert .
因为她是位植物学家，她把大部分时间都用来研究沙漠地区的植物。
floral a. 花的，花似的，植物的
flor + al （形容词后缀） => floral
Think you - is a reincarnation of the heartbeat clock, the wind brought floral quarter.
想你——是时钟轮回的心跳，是风带去的一季花香。
floret n. 小花
flor + et（名词后缀，表示小） => floret
I bit to grind teeth, dashed away toward the floret that lies on the ground and handed her to get up.
我咬了咬牙，飞奔向躺在地上的小花，把她扶了起来。
florid a. 华丽的， 红润的
flor + id （表示形容词后缀）=> florid
His florid rhetorical style was typical of the era, and that speech is all but forgotten.
这种辞藻丰富、修辞热烈的风格是那个时代的典型代表，但那篇演讲却只能被人遗忘。
florist n. 花商 ，花匠
flor + ist（表示某一行业的从业者）=>florist
florescent a. 开花的，花盛开的，荧光的
flor + escent(复合形容词后缀）=> florescnet
Energy saving and a move to reduce climate change emissions have made compact florescent bulbs quite popular.
在节约能源和降低环境污染物排放的趋势下，节能荧光灯泡受到广泛欢迎。
florescence n. 花期，开花，全盛期
flor + escence（复合名词后缀）=> florescence
But I often say to my wife that isn't it more desirable to look forward to the florescence than to see the florescence?
但我常常对爱人说，期待一朵花开岂不是要比看到一朵花开更令人向往吗？
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-four-
flour n. 面粉，粉末
flour 这个单词来源于花粉
The food of the festival is also round to symbolize family reunion. The food made of flour and various seasonings is called moon cake.
中秋节的食品也是圆圆的，也象征着团圆，这种用面和各种作料做的食品叫月饼。
flourish v. 繁荣，茂盛 ，活跃，夸耀，手舞足蹈
flour +ish （动词后缀，表抽象属性）=> flourish
Because in your education, the sun is always warm, tree and grass withered flourish year after year, the world is a fine place.
因为在你接受的教育中，太阳永远是温暖的，树和草儿一年年枯了又荣，世界是美好的。
flourishing a. 繁茂的， 繁荣的，隆盛的
flourish + ing （形容词后缀，是动词变形容词的常用后缀）=> flourishing
So , Buddha makes me a tree , a rowing by the road you are bound to take. Blossoming cautiously and flourishing under sunlight.
佛于是把我化作一棵树，长在你必经的路旁，阳光下慎重的开满了花，朵朵都是我前生的盼望。
