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单词 bouquet
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Definition of bouquet in English:

bouquet

noun bʊˈkeɪbəʊˈkeɪˈbʊkeɪ
  • 1An attractively arranged bunch of flowers, especially one presented as a gift or carried at a ceremony.

    花束

    Example sentencesExamples
    • All three were presented with bouquets of flowers.
    • Kathleen on Monday was presented with a bouquet of flowers, and treated to a meal and behind-the-scenes tour of the new-look supermarket.
    • They wore blue slim-line dresses and carried bouquets of summer flowers.
    • The Queen and the Duke chatted to local residents and received gifts and bouquets of flowers from an appreciative crowd of several hundred.
    • They wore sky blue short-sleeved dresses, and carried matching bouquets of summer flowers.
    • The bride was given away by her father, Brendan, and looked stunning in an ivory wedding dress and train with bodice detail and carried a bouquet of yellow flowers.
    • Some of the older women were also presented with bouquets of flowers.
    • His wife, Essie, was presented with a bouquet of flowers.
    • Each carried a bouquet of flowers, many of them containing orange blooms as a mark of Dutch national identity, and every child stood before a grave with their head bowed.
    • Some customers had even presented her with bouquets of flowers to thank her for 20 years of service to the community.
    • She was also presented with a bouquet of flowers.
    • I was presented with a lovely bouquet of flowers, given a gift voucher to spend and someone took me round the store in a wheelchair.
    • The bride who was given away by her mother was dressed in a full length wedding gown with matching head dress and carried a bouquet of flowers.
    • She told him how much she had lost and two days later he arrived at her home carrying a bouquet of flowers and an envelope containing £60.
    • At a recent function in the village's memorial hall, the residents presented her with a bouquet of flowers and £910 that had been collected in the community.
    • Last week the students finished the course and thanked Rita for all her support by presenting her with a bouquet of flowers.
    • As a symbol of the temple's gratitude Her Majesty was presented with a large bouquet of flowers and a ceremonial sword.
    • He loved trips to Southport to pick shells and often presented her with bouquets of flowers, picked from neighbouring gardens.
    • When I had served the paper for ten years, I was invited to a little get-together, and was presented with a beautiful bouquet of flowers and other things by Don.
    • People were throwing flowers, flower bouquets and wrapped presents on stage including a red dog collar.
    Synonyms
    bunch of flowers, posy, nosegay, spray, sprig
    wreath, garland, chaplet, corsage, buttonhole
    French boutonnière
    rare tussie-mussie
    1. 1.1 An expression of approval; a compliment.
      〈喻〉赞扬;恭维
      we will happily publish the bouquets and brickbats

      我们将很高兴地发表褒贬之词。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • ‘We have learnt to live with the bouquets and brickbats, which we realise to be part of our occupational hazard’, he adds.
      • After all the bouquets must come the brickbats.
      • Perhaps, it could well be the reason why bouquets as well as brickbats are flung with such fierce passion.
      • Most important of all - and hardest - is not taking feedback personally: not only the brickbats, but the bouquets too.
      • Use the comments function to throw bouquets and brickbats, if you feel like it.
      Synonyms
      compliment, commendation, tribute, accolade, eulogy, paean, plaudit, panegyric
      praise, congratulations, applause, homage, acclaim
      a pat on the back
      rare laudation
  • 2The characteristic scent of a wine or perfume.

    (酒或香水的)香味,芬芳

    the aperitif has a faint bouquet of almonds

    开胃酒有一股淡淡的杏仁香味。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It features a complex bouquet laced with the aromas of cedar, toffee and freshly ground coffee.
    • Having said that, the refined bouquet and taste of the finest and rarest red wines from the Old World, such as burgundy and claret, are not the bottles to choose either for hot days.
    • The fact that esters are formed at different rates, some of them reaching equilibrium only after decades, helps to explain the changes in wine aroma and bouquet during ageing.
    • Magellan Gin has a supple body and an engaging bouquet laced with the aromas of citrus and spice.
    • We see him snuffling drams of new wine, parsing their bouquets for ‘a soupçon of asparagus’.
    • The great outdoors murders a fine wine's bouquet and strong-tasting barbecue fare ruins the restrained, delicate flavours of expensive bottles.
    • He also showed the full house of Wine Club members just how to swirl the wine to release the bouquet.
    • He watched in silence as the aficionado sniffed the paprika bouquet and stirred the velvety stew with his spoon.
    • With other scents, it might be barely detectable yet it gives the perfume bouquet an air of mystery.
    • It has a freshly scented bouquet of pared Granny Smith apples, pears and ripe berries.
    • A round mouthful of luscious mellowness, with a bouquet - a snapping reminder to the nose.
    • Take my word for it, wine does not freshen, improve its bouquet, or open up when it is exposed to air.
    • It is this aromatic compound that gives wine a fruity bouquet.
    • Many cooks assume that even a bottle of wine with the bouquet of paint-stripper will transform your lamb casserole into nectar.
    • As a precaution, I had scented toilet paper stuffed up my nose, but the bouquet still came on like a rotten gauntlet across the snout.
    • The luscious perfumed bouquet dissipates any apprehensions, though, and prepares one for the waves of spicy yet refined flavors.
    • The classic metallic tang filled the air and the guards inhaled deeply as if enjoying the bouquet of a fine wine.
    • As the wine warms the bouquet will become much more noticeable and the flavours apparent.
    • Sipping her wine and letting the bouquet rest on her palate, Tash considered how much one could learn about people simply by getting drunk with them.
    • I have long loved this racy, elegant, classic petrol-scented Kiwi white whose lively, grapey bouquet and racy palate delivers so much pure Riesling fruit.
    Synonyms
    aroma, nose, smell, fragrance, perfume, scent, odour, redolence, whiff, tang, savour

Origin

Early 18th century: from French (earlier 'clump of trees'), from a dialect variant of Old French bos 'wood'. sense 2 dates from the mid 19th century.

  • ambush from Middle English:

    Ambush is from Old French embusche, based on late Latin inboscare from ‘in’ and boscus ‘wood’ also source of bush (Middle English) and bosky (late 16th century). It also gave French bouquet ‘clump of trees’, which entered English meaning ‘bunch of flowers’. The use of bouquet for the aroma from wine dates from the mid 19th century.

Rhymes

affray, agley, aka, allay, Angers, A-OK, appellation contrôlée, array, assay, astray, au fait, auto-da-fé, away, aweigh, aye, bay, belay, betray, bey, Bombay, Bordet, boulevardier, brae, bray, café au lait, Carné, cassoulet, Cathay, chassé, chevet, chez, chiné, clay, convey, Cray, crème brûlée, crudités, cuvée, cy-pres, day, decay, deejay, dégagé, distinguée, downplay, dray, Dufay, Dushanbe, eh, embay, engagé, essay, everyday, faraway, fay, fey, flay, fray, Frey, fromage frais, gainsay, Gaye, Genet, giclee, gilet, glissé, gray, grey, halfway, hay, heigh, hey, hooray, Hubei, Hué, hurray, inveigh, jay, jeunesse dorée, José, Kay, Kaye, Klee, Kray, Lae, lay, lei, Littré, Lough Neagh, lwei, Mae, maguey, Malay, Mallarmé, Mandalay, Marseilles, may, midday, midway, mislay, misplay, Monterrey, Na-Dene, nay, né, née, neigh, Ney, noway, obey, O'Dea, okay, olé, outlay, outplay, outstay, outweigh, oyez, part-way, pay, Pei, per se, pince-nez, play, portray, pray, prey, purvey, qua, Quai d'Orsay, Rae, rangé, ray, re, reflet, relevé, roman-à-clef, Santa Fé, say, sei, Shar Pei, shay, slay, sleigh, sley, spae, spay, Spey, splay, spray, stay, straightaway, straightway, strathspey, stray, Sui, survey, sway, Taipei, Tay, they, today, tokay, Torbay, Tournai, trait, tray, trey, two-way, ukiyo-e, underlay, way, waylay, Wei, weigh, wey, Whangarei, whey, yea

Definition of bouquet in US English:

bouquet

noun
  • 1An attractively arranged bunch of flowers, especially one presented as a gift or carried at a ceremony.

    花束

    Example sentencesExamples
    • At a recent function in the village's memorial hall, the residents presented her with a bouquet of flowers and £910 that had been collected in the community.
    • When I had served the paper for ten years, I was invited to a little get-together, and was presented with a beautiful bouquet of flowers and other things by Don.
    • Some customers had even presented her with bouquets of flowers to thank her for 20 years of service to the community.
    • His wife, Essie, was presented with a bouquet of flowers.
    • As a symbol of the temple's gratitude Her Majesty was presented with a large bouquet of flowers and a ceremonial sword.
    • Each carried a bouquet of flowers, many of them containing orange blooms as a mark of Dutch national identity, and every child stood before a grave with their head bowed.
    • Last week the students finished the course and thanked Rita for all her support by presenting her with a bouquet of flowers.
    • They wore sky blue short-sleeved dresses, and carried matching bouquets of summer flowers.
    • She told him how much she had lost and two days later he arrived at her home carrying a bouquet of flowers and an envelope containing £60.
    • I was presented with a lovely bouquet of flowers, given a gift voucher to spend and someone took me round the store in a wheelchair.
    • Some of the older women were also presented with bouquets of flowers.
    • The Queen and the Duke chatted to local residents and received gifts and bouquets of flowers from an appreciative crowd of several hundred.
    • The bride who was given away by her mother was dressed in a full length wedding gown with matching head dress and carried a bouquet of flowers.
    • Kathleen on Monday was presented with a bouquet of flowers, and treated to a meal and behind-the-scenes tour of the new-look supermarket.
    • All three were presented with bouquets of flowers.
    • They wore blue slim-line dresses and carried bouquets of summer flowers.
    • The bride was given away by her father, Brendan, and looked stunning in an ivory wedding dress and train with bodice detail and carried a bouquet of yellow flowers.
    • He loved trips to Southport to pick shells and often presented her with bouquets of flowers, picked from neighbouring gardens.
    • She was also presented with a bouquet of flowers.
    • People were throwing flowers, flower bouquets and wrapped presents on stage including a red dog collar.
    Synonyms
    bunch of flowers, posy, nosegay, spray, sprig
    1. 1.1 An expression of approval; a compliment.
      〈喻〉赞扬;恭维
      we will happily publish the bouquets

      我们将很高兴地发表褒贬之词。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • After all the bouquets must come the brickbats.
      • ‘We have learnt to live with the bouquets and brickbats, which we realise to be part of our occupational hazard’, he adds.
      • Most important of all - and hardest - is not taking feedback personally: not only the brickbats, but the bouquets too.
      • Use the comments function to throw bouquets and brickbats, if you feel like it.
      • Perhaps, it could well be the reason why bouquets as well as brickbats are flung with such fierce passion.
      Synonyms
      compliment, commendation, tribute, accolade, eulogy, paean, plaudit, panegyric
  • 2The characteristic scent of a wine or perfume.

    (酒或香水的)香味,芬芳

    the aperitif has a faint bouquet of almonds

    开胃酒有一股淡淡的杏仁香味。

    champagnes have a delicacy of bouquet
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A round mouthful of luscious mellowness, with a bouquet - a snapping reminder to the nose.
    • With other scents, it might be barely detectable yet it gives the perfume bouquet an air of mystery.
    • The luscious perfumed bouquet dissipates any apprehensions, though, and prepares one for the waves of spicy yet refined flavors.
    • As a precaution, I had scented toilet paper stuffed up my nose, but the bouquet still came on like a rotten gauntlet across the snout.
    • Sipping her wine and letting the bouquet rest on her palate, Tash considered how much one could learn about people simply by getting drunk with them.
    • It features a complex bouquet laced with the aromas of cedar, toffee and freshly ground coffee.
    • He also showed the full house of Wine Club members just how to swirl the wine to release the bouquet.
    • Magellan Gin has a supple body and an engaging bouquet laced with the aromas of citrus and spice.
    • We see him snuffling drams of new wine, parsing their bouquets for ‘a soupçon of asparagus’.
    • Having said that, the refined bouquet and taste of the finest and rarest red wines from the Old World, such as burgundy and claret, are not the bottles to choose either for hot days.
    • As the wine warms the bouquet will become much more noticeable and the flavours apparent.
    • It has a freshly scented bouquet of pared Granny Smith apples, pears and ripe berries.
    • The fact that esters are formed at different rates, some of them reaching equilibrium only after decades, helps to explain the changes in wine aroma and bouquet during ageing.
    • It is this aromatic compound that gives wine a fruity bouquet.
    • He watched in silence as the aficionado sniffed the paprika bouquet and stirred the velvety stew with his spoon.
    • Take my word for it, wine does not freshen, improve its bouquet, or open up when it is exposed to air.
    • I have long loved this racy, elegant, classic petrol-scented Kiwi white whose lively, grapey bouquet and racy palate delivers so much pure Riesling fruit.
    • The classic metallic tang filled the air and the guards inhaled deeply as if enjoying the bouquet of a fine wine.
    • Many cooks assume that even a bottle of wine with the bouquet of paint-stripper will transform your lamb casserole into nectar.
    • The great outdoors murders a fine wine's bouquet and strong-tasting barbecue fare ruins the restrained, delicate flavours of expensive bottles.
    Synonyms
    aroma, nose, smell, fragrance, perfume, scent, odour, redolence, whiff, tang, savour

Origin

Early 18th century: from French (earlier ‘clump of trees’), from a dialect variant of Old French bos ‘wood’. bouquet (sense 2) dates from the mid 19th century.

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