Think of a bud on a stem: the thing is already there and you can see its shape, but it is still closed and has not opened yet. Every use of budding sits at that one moment — started, real, not yet full — whether the thing on the stem is a leaf, a friendship, or a person's first year of doing something.

budding 的各種意思,可以想成都從同一個畫面長出來:一顆還沒打開的花苞。東西已經在那裡了,形狀看得出來,但還包著、還沒展開。所以只要講到「已經開始、但還沒成形」的那個階段,英文就常拿這個字來用——不管講的是樹上的芽,還是一個人、一段感情剛起步的樣子。

One branch

剛開始、還沒長開(形容詞)

登入就可以看這一支怎麼連回核心畫面。

adjective · B2

Just starting to grow or develop, so it is still small and new. It is used in front of a noun: a budding romance, a budding interest in music.

剛萌芽的