wallflowers

英汉释义

• n.

  1.〈非正式〉壁花

  2.【植】桂竹香

英英释义

• 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

英汉例句

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

  爬壁花的名称源自于它那纤细的枝条总是攀壁而生。

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

  它们以前是用来装殓尸体的；而现在鼠尾草和桂足香在其中生长。

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

  澳大利亚一家婚恋网站正在给“壁花”提供一种含蓄表达心意的方式：身份徽章。