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。
www.jk170.com
6.
I'm not sure I'll be going to the party tonight. All the good men are taken and I'll just be a wallflower again.
我还没有决定要不要去今晚的聚会。好男生都被人抢走了，我又只能当壁花小姐了。
zhidao.baidu.com
7.
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
8.
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
9.
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
10.
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