1.mushroom的意思是“采蘑菇”,用于比喻可指如雨后春笋般地涌现或蘑菇生长般地迅速发展。
2.mushroom是不及物动词,其后常接介词into。

mushroom into(v.+prep.)
▲mushroom into sth
1.如蘑菇般升入 spring up like mushroom
The cloud of smoke mushroomed into the sky.浓烟成蘑菇状升入天空。
2.迅速发展而成为 grow or develop into
The organization was founded in 1955 and quickly mushroomed into a mass movement of the middle class.该组织成立于1955年,并迅速发展成为中产阶级的一个群众团体。

用作不及物动词
▲S+～(+A)
They often go mushrooming.他们常去采蘑菇。
New houses have mushroomed on the edge of the town.新房在城镇边缘迅速盖起来。

［词源］＜中古英语muscheron(苔藓,地衣)

Some mushrooms are good to eat; some are poisonous.有些蘑菇可食用,有些则有毒。
Birmingham is a mushroom.伯明翰是个迅猛发展的新兴城市。
The mushroom development of technology will pave the way for improving our economy.科学技术的迅猛发展将为我们改善经济状况铺平道路。