動詞 burgeon:

1. grow and flourish

burgeon 也作 bour.geon

v.intr.（不及物動詞）
bur.geoned,bur.geon.ing,bur.geons

To put forth new buds, leaves, or greenery; sprout.
發(fā)芽：長出新芽、葉子或綠葉；長出
To begin to grow or blossom.
抽條，長出花蕾：開始生長或開花
Usage Problem To grow and flourish.
【用法疑難】 發(fā)展：生長和繁茂

來源：
Middle English burgeonen
中古英語 burgeonen
from Old French borjoner
源自 古法語 borjoner
from burjon [a bud]
源自 burjon [枝芽]
from Vulgar Latin *burrionem
源自 俗拉丁語 *burrionem
from Late Latin burra [a shaggy garment]
源自 后期拉丁語 burra [毛茸茸的衣服]

Burgeon has gained greater acceptance in recent years in its use to mean not just .to put forth buds. but more generally .to grow and flourish.. In 9'9 only 49 percent of the Usage Panel accepted the phrasethe burgeoning population of Queens ; in our most recent survey 74 percent accepted the same phrase.However, it should be noted that in this useburgeon is more acceptable when it takes the form of the present participle. Only 29 percent of the current Panel accepts the sentence News programs are less expensive to produce than entertainment series, and the public`s appetite for them has burgeoned.
Burgeon 一詞近年來有了更廣泛地使用，它不僅用來表示.生長發(fā)芽.更普遍地用作.生長并繁茂.。 9'9年只有百分之四十九的用法專題使用小組成員承認(rèn)短語the burgeoning population of Queens（女王時代的人口膨脹） ； 在最近的調(diào)查中對同一短語有百分之七十四的人接受。然而，值得注意的是，當(dāng)burgean 一詞在以現(xiàn)在分詞形式被使用時，其更能被接受。 僅有百分之二十九的現(xiàn)有小組成員接受如下句子 新聞節(jié)目的制造要比一系列的娛樂活動經(jīng)濟(jì)實(shí)惠，并且公眾對此的口味也已急速發(fā)展起來