wallflower
英 ['wɔːlflaʊə]
美['wɔlflaʊɚ]
- n. 壁花（舞会中没有舞伴而坐着看的人）；桂竹香
英英释义
- 1. any of numerous plants of the genus Erysimum having fragrant yellow or orange or brownish flowers
- 2. perennial of southern Europe having clusters of fragrant flowers of all colors especially yellow and orange; often naturalized on old walls or cliffs; sometimes placed in genus Erysimum
- 3. remains on sidelines at social event
实用场景例句
- I was something of a wallflower; I was terribly shy.
- 我算是朵墙花，因为我特别害羞。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- She'd rather stay home than be a wallflower.
- 她宁愿留在家里,而不愿当壁花.
期刊摘选
- 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 ”.
辞典例句
- I was always wallflower in high school. I never liked to dance in front of people.
- 高中时我总是当壁花, 我从来就不喜欢在人前跳舞.
期刊摘选
- Step forward to dance, Mary, don't be a wallflower.
- 走出来跳舞, 玛丽, 不要当“壁”花.
期刊摘选
- Step forward to dance, Mary, don't be such a wallflower.
- 走出来跳舞, 玛丽, 不要当壁花.
辞典例句
- She'd rather dance by herself than be a wallflower.
- 她宁愿独自跳舞,而不愿当壁花.
期刊摘选
- Step forward to dance, Mary, do not be such a wallflower.
- 走出来跳舞, 玛莉, 不要当壁花.
期刊摘选
- She'd rather dance with her girl friends than be a wallflower.
- 她宁愿和女友共舞,而不愿当壁花.
期刊摘选
- IT'd rat IT leave early than be a wallflower.
- 她宁愿早点离去,而不愿当壁花.
期刊摘选
- She spent the whole evening being a wallflower.
- 她整个晚上都当壁花.
期刊摘选
- I was something of a wallflower; I was terribly shy.
- 我算是朵墙花，因为我特别害羞。
柯林斯例句
词态变化
复数: wallflowers;
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)
来自互联网