wallflowers是什么意思？

wallflowers

• n. 桂足香，桂香香水，局外人( wallflower的名词复数 )；

例句

• ...rows of wallflowers promising to burst into bloom. 一排排桂竹香含苞待放
• Tubs planted with wallflowers brightened the area outside the door. 桂竹香盆栽为门外的景致增色不少。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  桂竹香
  A wallflower is a plant that is grown in gardens and has sweet-smelling yellow, red, orange, or purple flowers.
• N-COUNT
  墙花(在社交场合因害羞而没有舞伴或不与人交谈的人）
  If you say that someone is a wallflower, you mean that they are shy and do not get involved in dancing or talking to people at social events.
  例句
  I was something of a wallflower; I was terribly shy. 我算是朵墙花，因为我特别害羞。