wallflower

英 ['wɔːlflaʊə] 美 ['wɔlflaʊɚ]
  • n. 壁花(舞会中没有舞伴而坐着看的人);桂竹香

中文词源


wallflower 桂竹香,壁花

比喻用法。

英文词源


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.

双语例句


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.

来自互联网

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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