wallflower

• n. 壁花（舞会中没有舞伴而坐着看的人）；桂竹香

比喻用法。

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.

1. I was something of a wallflower; I was terribly shy.

我算是朵墙花，因为我特别害羞。

来自柯林斯例句

2. He had left his diaries, known as " Wallflower ", when he left MI 5.

他离开军情5局时留下了自己的日记, 大家都叫它 “ 墙头花 ”.

来自辞典例句

3. Step forward to dance, Mary, don't be such a wallflower.

走出来跳舞, 玛丽, 不要当壁花.

来自辞典例句

4. Step forward to dance, Mary, don't be a wallflower.

走出来跳舞, 玛丽, 不要当“壁”花.

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5. Don't be such a wallflower - get up and dance with me.

壁花. 指舞会中没有人邀舞,而枯坐一旁的人(尤指女生)

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