wallflower

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈwɔːlˌflaʊ.ə/    美 /ˈwɔlˌflaʊ.ɚ/|/ˈwɑlˌflaʊ.ɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of several short-lived herbs or shrubs of the Erysimum genus with bright yellow to red flowers.
    — A polypetalous corolla is either cruciform, as in a wall-flower, rosaceous, papilionaceous, as in the pea kind, or incomplete, when some parts found in analogous flowers are wanting.
  2. Gastrolobium grandiflorum, a poisonous bushy shrub, endemic to Australia.
  3. A person who does not dance at a party, due to shyness or unpopularity; by extension, anyone who is left on the sidelines while an activity takes place.
    — Mrs. Galbraith shook all over with laughter as she replied, "Hear that boy, asking me to dance ! I'm content to be a wallflower, now-a-days."
  4. Any person who is socially awkward, shy, or reserved. informal
    — I've always been a wallflower, even in my own home. But, I'm willing to learn to be a part of your world. I would like to. I have already told my parents that I want to go to soirées.
动词 v.
  1. To stand shyly apart from a dance, waiting to be asked to join in. intransitive
    — […] the idea that a full tango experience is impossible without the presence of wallflowers and without the threat of wallflowering as the potential dancers enter the tango club.

词形变化

wallflowers plural wall-flower alternative wall flower alternative wallflowers present,singular,third-person wallflowering participle,present wallflowered participle,past wallflowered past wall-flower alternative wall flower alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
wallflower cabbage wallflower poison

词源

词源 1
From wall + flower.
词源 2
From wall + flower.
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