adj.开花的
n.开花；极盛
动词flower的现在分词形式.
A flowering tree blew down and some small shrubs were flattened. 一棵正在开花的树被吹倒了，一些小灌木也被吹毁了。
用作名词 (n.)Flowering will be late this year. 今年花期将延迟。
Within these trees flowering is often heaviest on the sun-facing side of the crown. 而在这些材木中，树冠向阳的一面通常是开花最繁茂。
Stimulated by contact with India and the Middle East, the empire saw a flowering of creativity in many fields. 在与印度(当时的天竺)和中东的交流中，在他们的促进下，唐朝在许多领域里得到了长足的发展。
vt.使(女子)失去童贞
