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tight and spotty rose buds

Chinese translation: 尚未打开（盛开）零散的玫瑰花苞

13:19 Apr 8, 2014
English to Chinese translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Botany / Floral design
English term or phrase: tight and spotty rose buds
The following paragraph is taken from a floral design article of a Taiwanese magazine.

In floral design, large arrangements using just one kind of flower and one color of flower, particularly a mass flower (rose, carnation), can be viewed as being spotty and/or sparse looking. While large and expensive, this basic design style can often look plain, boring, or uninteresting. This is particularly true if only tight and spotty rose buds, for example, are being used.

Could the phrase in the last line, "tight and spotty rose buds" be translated as "花瓣集中，看來零星的玫瑰花苞?"
Thank you for the help！
Haoting Chang
Taiwan
Local time: 09:55
Chinese translation:尚未打开（盛开）零散的玫瑰花苞
Explanation:
我试着回答下。个人认为tight是形容花苞花瓣还未打开。spotty是说整体效果上显得零散。
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Local time: 17:55
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4含苞待放、色彩斑斓，玫瑰花蕾
Lifeng Yang (X)
3尚未打开（盛开）零散的玫瑰花苞
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
尚未打开（盛开）零散的玫瑰花苞


Explanation:
我试着回答下。个人认为tight是形容花苞花瓣还未打开。spotty是说整体效果上显得零散。


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含苞待放、色彩斑斓，玫瑰花蕾


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