• 基础释义
  • 例句
  • 柯林斯词典释义
例句
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
  • VERB
    繁荣;兴盛;兴旺
    If something flourishes, it is successful, active, or common, and developing quickly and strongly.
    例句
    Business flourished and within six months they were earning 18,000 roubles a day... 生意红火起来,不出6 个月他们就可以每天赚 18,000 卢布了。 Racism and crime still flourish in the ghetto. 城市贫民区的种族主义和犯罪仍然十分猖獗。
  • VERB
    (植物或动物)长势好,茁壮成长
    If a plant or animal flourishes, it grows well or is healthy because the conditions are right for it.
    例句
    The plant flourishes particularly well in slightly harsher climes. 这种植物在气候条件稍差一点的地区长势尤其好。
  • VERB
    挥动,挥舞(以引起注意)
    If you flourish an object, you wave it about in a way that makes people notice it.
    例句
    He flourished the glass to emphasize the point. 他挥动手中的杯子来强调这一点。
  • N-COUNT
    (为引人注意的)夸张动作
    If you do something with a flourish, you do in a showy way so that people notice it.
    例句
    She tended to finish dancing with a flourish. 她往往以夸张的姿势结束舞蹈。
  • N-COUNT
    装饰曲线;装饰图案
    A flourish is a curly line or piece of decoration.
    例句
    He scrawled his name across the bill, underlining it with a showy flourish. 他在账单上潦草地签上自己的名字,并在名字下面画了一条花体线。