They close up their leathery leaves to form an insulating blanket that shields their vulnerable central bud.

它们合起革质叶片形成一道保温层以保护中心脆弱的蓓蕾。

If you nip something in the bud, you cut the bud off the plant before it has time to grow.

而这个短语就是指你在植物成熟前把蓓蕾剪掉了。

Arrived then at this spot, with one hand still to his nose, he bawled—" Bouton-de-Rose, ahoy! are there any of you Bouton-de-Roses that speak English? "

小艇划到位之后，他一只手还是捂着鼻子，大声叫喊：“玫瑰蓓蕾，啊嘿！你们这些个玫瑰蓓蕾，有谁说英语吗？”

Though Stubb did not understand the Bouton part of the inscription, yet the word rose, and the bulbous figure-head put together, sufficiently explained the whole to him.

斯塔布虽得铭文中的“蓓蕾”这个法文词，是“玫瑰”这个词还是得的，再个蓓蕾形的头，整个铭文的意思就足够明显了。

Outside the large flower-head is a double row of small green leaves, which protected the tiny flowers within when the " head" was only a bud.

巨大的头状花序外面长有两排小绿叶, 它们能够在“头状花序”只是蓓蕾时保护深藏其中的幼年小花。

Last spring, Miguel Cabellero, the Colombian designer of the clothing, caught the world’s attention when he showcased his bullet-proof fashion line at a fashion show in Mexico.

去年春天，防弹衣设计师，哥伦比亚人莫格尔·卡蓓蕾罗在墨西哥的时装展中展示了他所设计的防弹衣，这让他吸引了全球的目光。

A rose, whose faintest flush was worth all buds that ever blew on earth, One climbed the rocks to reach; ah, well, Into the other's breast it fell.

嫣红玫瑰，绽放乃是最美宿命，娇嫩蓓蕾，怎能错过世花期，枝蔓攀缘，拼命挣扎欲爬崖顶，没承想到，竟跌进他人心尖。

Upon her head boards, in large gilt letters, he read " Bouton de Rose, " —Rose-button, or Rose-bud; and this was the romantic name of this aromatic ship.

船头顶板有几个镀金的法文大字：“Bouton de Rose”—“玫瑰苞”或“玫瑰蓓蕾”；这艘芳香扑鼻的船便取了个这么富有浪漫气息的芳名。

A cluster of tea–rose buds at the bosom, and a ruche, reconciled Meg to the display of her pretty, white shoulders, and a pair of high–heeled silk boots satisfied the last wish of her heart.

胸前一簇香水月季花蓓蕾和一条褶边，使梅格甘愿露出她的漂亮雪白的肩部；而一双高跟的蓝绸靴满足了她内心的最后一个愿望。