單詞
wallflower
英 ['w??lfla??]
美['w?lfla??]
基本信息
- n. 壁花（舞會(huì)中沒有舞伴而坐著看的人）；桂竹香
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?wallflowers;
中文詞源
wallflower 桂竹香，壁花
比喻用法。
英文詞源
- wallflower (n.)
- 1570s, type of flowering plant cultivated in gardens, native to southern Europe, where it grows on old walls and in rocky places, from wall (n.) + flower (n.). Colloquial sense of "woman who sits by the wall at parties, often for want of a partner" is first recorded 1820.
雙語例句
- 1. I was something of a wallflower; I was terribly shy.
- 我算是朵墻花，因?yàn)槲姨貏e害羞。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He had left his diaries, known as " Wallflower ", when he left MI 5.
- 他離開軍情5局時(shí)留下了自己的日記, 大家都叫它 “ 墻頭花 ”.
來自辭典例句
- 3. Step forward to dance, Mary, don't be such a wallflower.
- 走出來跳舞, 瑪麗, 不要當(dāng)壁花.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Step forward to dance, Mary, don't be a wallflower.
- 走出來跳舞, 瑪麗, 不要當(dāng)“壁”花.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. Don't be such a wallflower - get up and dance with me.
- 壁花. 指舞會(huì)中沒有人邀舞,而枯坐一旁的人(尤指女生)
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
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