bloomer

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈbluː.mə(ɹ)/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An ironworker.
  2. A large or embarrassing mistake; blunder. informal
    — What's more, I claim that Elmer's biggest mistake wasn't the one he made at Cedarville before six thousand witnesses. His prize bloomer was pulled in Hoboken before three witnesses
  3. A reform costume for women, consisting of a short dress with loose trousers gathered around the ankles, and often a broad-brimmed hat. historical
    — Few garments are so absolutely unbecoming as a belted tunic that reaches to the knees, a fact which I wish some of our Rosalinds would consider when they don doublet and hose; indeed, to the disregard of this artistic principle is due the ugliness, the want of proportion, in the Bloomer costume, a costume which in other respects is sensible.
  4. A circular loaf of white bread.
  5. A woman who wears a Bloomer costume. broadly,historical
  6. A blooming flower.
  7. Attributive form of bloomers. attributive,form-of
    — It would have to be smuggled back to Josie’s bloomer drawer. He could persuade her to confirm his other ideas without letting her see that he had read her particularly private correspondence.
  8. One who blooms, matures, or develops. figuratively
    — She was a late bloomer.

词形变化

bloomers plural bloomers plural bloomers plural Bloomer alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
early bloomer everbloomer late bloomer bloomers
相关词
Bloomerism

词源

词源 1
From Middle English blomer, from blome (“iron ingot”) (modern English bloom), from Old English blōma.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English bloom
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English bloomer
From bloom + -er.
词源 3
Named after American women's-rights activist Amelia Bloomer (1818–1894), who sought to introduce this style of dress.
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