bud
要点芽;つぼみ
意味
- 芽;つぼみ
- (下等動物の)芽状突起
- 発芽;発芽期
- 子供,小娘,少年
- 〈植物が〉芽を出す;つぼみを持つ
- 成長し始める
例文
The buds burst open at the first sign of spring.
春の訪れとともにつぼみはぱっと花咲く。
The buds are beginning to show signs of color.
つぼみがだんだん色づいてきた。
Trees put forth new leaves and buds in spring.
春に木々は新しい葉や芽を出す。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English budde, bodde (“bud, seed pod”), from Old English *budde, from Proto-West Germanic *buʀdā, from Proto-Germanic *buzdǭ (compare archaic German Butte (“rosehip”), Swedish dialect bodd (“head”)), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-, *bu- (“to swell”). Compare also German Low German Butte, Butt (“bud”), Dutch bot (“bud”), regional German Butz, Butzen (“seed pod; apple core”), German Low German Haagbutt ("rosehip"; Haagbudden (“rosehips”, plural)).
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