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bloomer

/bloo-mer/US // ˈblu mər //UK // (ˈbluːmə) //

绽放者,绽放,绽放的人,鲜花

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an outfit for women, advocated about 1850 by Amelia Jenks Bloomer, consisting of a short skirt, loose trousers gathered and buttoned at the ankle, and often a coat and a wide hat.
    • : bloomers, loose trousers gathered at the knee, formerly worn by women as part of a gymnasium, riding, or other sports outfit.women's underpants of similar, but less bulky, design.the trousers of a bloomer outfit.any of various women's garments with full-cut legs gathered at the bottom edge.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having full-cut legs gathered at the bottom edge: bloomer shorts.

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Examples

  • The first time women in the West were allowed to wear pants en masse were with the advent of bloomers, named after newspaper editor Amelia Bloomer.

  • But the region, for lack of a better term, was a late bloomer.

  • School is hard, and I was a late-bloomer in finding out who I was and how to be myself.

  • Its leadership relies, increasingly, on half-hearted, inexperienced freelancers or unskilled, late-bloomer recruits.

  • An early bloomer in the kitchen, chef Jamie Bissonnette gravitated toward cooking shows instead of cartoons.

  • The lithe former Betty Bloomer loved clothes and a good party.

  • It is a very free bloomer, and should be given a place in all collections.

  • Before Captain Bloomer received the letter, the last spark of anger in his breast had given place to paternal anxiety.

  • In the evening the cousins drove away, leaving Miss Bloomer in anything but a pleasant mood.

  • Miss Bloomer's reputation was at stake, and the sergeant's life endangered, as will afterwards appear.

  • Then I saw the cabin and a little lady in almost bloomer dress milking the cow.