wallflowers

wallflowers

美 [?w?l?fla?r] 　英 [?w??l?fla??(r)]

• n.〈非正式〉壁花；【植】桂竹香
• 網絡壁花合唱團；局外人；壁花型

詞形變化

復數：wallflowers  

英漢解釋

n.	1. 〈非正式〉壁花 2. 【植】桂竹香

英英解釋

n.	1. <informal>a shy or retiring person who remains unnoticed at social events, especially a woman without a dance partner 2. [Plant]a plant with yellow, orange, or red flowers and a pleasant smell

例句

The wallflowers is so called because its weak stems often grow on walls and along stony cliffs for support.

爬壁花的名稱源自于它那纖細的枝條總是攀壁而生。

They used to contain corpses; now sage and wallflowers grow in them.

它們以前是用來裝殮尸體的；而現在鼠尾草和桂足香在其中生長。

An Australian dating website is offering wallflowers looking for love a subtle way to declare their intentions : identification badges .

澳大利亞一家婚戀網站正在給“壁花”提供一種含蓄表達心意的方式：身份徽章。