n.[C]

1. 蘑菇；傘菌；蕈
   Some mushrooms are edible; some are poisonous.

   有些蘑菇可食用；有些則有毒。

2. 蘑菇形物
3. 蘑菇般迅速增長的事物
   Tourism is a mushroom to the country.

   旅遊業是這個國家發展極快的行業。

4. （核爆炸後形成的）蘑菇雲
5. 【古】暴發戶

vi.

1. 採蘑菇
   Let's go mushrooming.

   我們採蘑菇去吧。

2. （火焰等）呈蘑菇狀升騰
3. 雨後春筍般地湧現
   New buildings have mushroomed all over the area.

   在整個地區，新的建築物像雨後春筍般出現。

a.[B]

1. 蘑菇的
2. 蘑菇形的
   The mushroom cloud of the A-bomb hung over the desert again.

   原子彈爆炸的蘑菇雲再度籠罩在沙漠的上空。

3. 蘑菇似地迅速發展的
4. 生命如蘑菇般短暫的

n.

1. a spore-producing fungal growth, often edible and typically having a domed cap with gills on the underside.
2. a pale pinkish-brown colour.

v.

1. increase or develop rapidly:
   environmental concern mushroomed in the 1960s.
2. form a shape resembling that of a mushroom.
3. [usu. as noun mushrooming] gather mushrooms.