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the flowering of sth
sth 可指才能、事业、文化运动等，表示发展到最充分的时期。
This novel is the flowering of a decade of work.
这部小说是十年工作的全盛成果。
花期；开花期
flowerings — plural of flowering
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
花期；开花期
the period of time during which a plant is in flower
This novel is the flowering of a decade of work.
这部小说是十年工作的全盛成果。
植物开花的时期
The period of time during which a plant is in flower.
某人或某事处于巅峰的时期；全盛期。
The period of time during which someone or something is at its peak.
The cherry trees are in full flowering this spring.
今年春天樱花盛开。
The flowering of the roses usually lasts for several weeks.
玫瑰的花期通常持续数周。
Early flowering can be triggered by warmer temperatures.
较高的温度可能诱发提前开花。
sth 可指才能、事业、文化运动等，表示发展到最充分的时期。
This novel is the flowering of a decade of work.
这部小说是十年工作的全盛成果。
sth 指植物，表示开花的那段时间。
Bees are busy during the flowering of the apple trees.
苹果树开花期间蜜蜂很忙碌。
Not this
I saw a flowering on the branch.
Use this
I saw a flower on the branch.
flowering 作名词指开花过程或花期，不指具体的一朵花；表示“一朵花”应用 flower。受中文“花”一词多义的影响，学习者常误将 flowering 用作可数名词。
Not this
The plant is in flowering.
Use this
The plant is in flower.
表示“正在开花、处于花期”的固定搭配是 in flower，而不是 in flowering。flowering 作名词时不用于 in + 名词结构来表示状态，不能用 in flowering 替代。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
……的全盛时期；……的繁荣时期
The 1920s saw the flowering of jazz.
20世纪20年代是爵士乐的繁荣时期。
花期
The flowering period for these roses is from May to July.
这些玫瑰的花期是五月到七月。
盛花期
These plants need extra water at peak flowering.
这些植物在盛花期需要额外浇水。
首次开花；始花期
The first flowering of the plum trees occurs in early spring.
梅树的首次开花发生在早春。
全盛；充分发展
At the full flowering of his talent, he composed his best works.
在他的才华充分发展时，他创作了最好的作品。
某事物的繁荣期；鼎盛时期
The dynasty saw the flowering of poetry and painting.
这个王朝见证了诗歌与绘画的繁荣。
第二个繁荣期；再度兴盛
After years of decline, jazz enjoyed a second flowering in the 1990s.
在衰落多年后，爵士乐在20世纪90年代再度兴盛。
在风华正茂之时；正值青春年华
She was struck by illness in the flowering of her youth.
她在风华正茂之时罹患疾病。
Use flowerings naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记住 flower（花）+ing：花开的阶段是花期；人生如花，最盛时也叫 flowering。
语域：mixed 常见场景：botany/horticulture、formal/literary writing、historical/cultural commentary 作名词时，flowering 表示“花期”较客观，多用于植物学、园艺或科普；表示“全盛期、鼎盛时期”则常见于正式或文学性表达，如 the flowering of ...。日常口语中较少单独使用，总体风格偏书面。
These words all share the final /aʊərɪŋ/ sound and rhyme with 'flowering'. Beware of the lookalike 'flooring' (/ˈflɔːrɪŋ/), which looks similar but sounds different.
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