wallflower

美 [ˈwɔlˌflaʊr]
英 [ˈwɔːlˌflaʊə(r)]
  • n.〈非正式〉壁花；【植】桂竹香
  • 网络局外人；墙花；丑小鸭
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网络释义

wallflower
n.
1.
桂竹香（一种园艺植物，暮春开花，呈黄、橙或红色）a garden plant with yellow, orange or red flowers with a sweet smell that appear in late spring
2.
(informal)
（舞会或聚会上因无舞伴或腼腆）待在一旁的人，壁花a person who does not dance at a party because they do not have sb to dance with or because they are too shy

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释义:
全部全部,〈非正式〉壁花〈非正式〉壁花,桂竹香桂竹香,局外人局外人,墙花墙花,丑小鸭丑小鸭
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1.
I tried not to be a wallflower at the party because I wanted to meet people, but it's so hard for me to talk to people I don't know.
我尝试过不要当舞会上的“壁花”小姐，因为我想结交多一些人，但是对我来说，和不认识的人交谈真是比登天还难。
www.joyen.net
2.
If you boss is looking for someone to run a meeting or to take notes don't be a wallflower and let someone else get the glory.
如果你的老板正在找人筹备一次会议或者做记录，不要做一名局外人和让他人获得荣光。
info.mysshome.cn
3.
Since joining it in 2001, China has mostly been a wallflower, responding to more than three times as many dispute cases as it has brought.
自2001年加入WTO以来，中国大多扮演“局外人”角色，应诉的案件比自己提交的案件多出两倍多。
www.ftchinese.com
4.
She didn't like being a wallflower so she walked up to a young man who was also sitting alone and invited him to dance.
她不喜欢做壁花，所以她走向一位独自坐着的年轻人，并邀他共舞。
edu.sina.com.cn
5.
No, not on a timeout facing the wall, or looking like a scared little wallflower - but sitting at the end of the bar.
不，不超时就面临墙还是有点害怕的样子桂竹但坐在酒吧结束。
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6.
Rose: Don't be a wallflower. Let me go get Ivy. She'll dance with you. Hey, Ivy, do you want to dance with Billy?
玫瑰：别当壁花。我去找艾薇。她会跟你一起跳。嗨，艾薇，妳要和比利跳舞吗？
blog.sina.com.cn
7.
This insurance company is just a wallflower to me.
我对这家保险公司毫无兴趣。
www.oxford.com.cn
8.
Yet when it comes to her job, she's hardly a wallflower - one colleague describes her as a "proactive career woman" .
然而在工作中，王昕并不是一个安静的人，一名同事将王昕称作“积极的职业女性”。
q.sohu.com
9.
Living it up! Sitting there like a teen-aged wallflower at a country hop .
坐在那儿，就像是乡村舞会上一个十几岁的墙花；
blog.sina.com.cn
10.
Oh, to have to sit here, a wallflower against her will and see Fanny or Maybelle lead the first reel as the belle of Atlanta !
啊，如今只能强制自己坐在这里当墙花，眼看范妮或梅贝尔作为亚特兰大的美人儿领跳第一场双人舞了！
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