English Dictionary

late bloomer

名詞

慣用表現

(idiomatic) A person who reaches puberty or who matures comparatively later than is typical. / (idiomatic) A person who achieves proficiency or success in a field comparatively late in life.

日本語の意味

一般的に、成熟や発達が周囲の人よりも遅い人。 / 人生の比較的遅い段階で、ある分野において能力や成功を発揮する人。

Although she was a late bloomer, she eventually became one of the most skilled pianists in her city.

彼女は遅咲きだったが、最終的には街で最も腕のあるピアニストの一人になった。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) A person who reaches puberty or who matures comparatively later than is typical.

You can be a normal late bloomer whose progress through puberty hovers on the late side of each normal age range if: It's in your genes. That is, if one or both parents or other relatives were also late bloomers.

意味（2）

(idiomatic) A person who achieves proficiency or success in a field comparatively late in life.

He was a late bloomer, finding success at 40 in Luc Besson's 1988 film The Big Blue.

意味（3）

(horticulture) A flowering plant that blooms later in a growing season than other flowering plants.

One of the characteristics of the pawpaw is that it always bears [fruit], yet there is an occasional season when there is only a light crop on account of late frosts, but it generally bears some, as it is a late bloomer.

late bloomers （ plural ）