| 词汇 | wallflower |
| 释义 | wallflower noun[ C ] uk /ˈwɔːəlflaʊər/ us /ˈwɑːlˌflaʊ.ɚ/ wallflowernoun[C] (PLANT)a pleasant smelling garden plant that has yellow, orange, or brown flowers that grow in groups桂竹香，墙头花 JohnatAPW/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Flowers & flowering plants aconite adam-and-eve aeonium African daisy agapanthus edelweiss eglantine elderflower elephant ear erythronium locoweed loosestrife lords-and-ladies lotus love-in-a-mist sea pink sedum sego lily self-heal senecio wallflowernoun[C] (SHY PERSON)informal a shy person, especially a girl or woman, who is frightened to involve herself in social activities and does not attract much interest or attention: 壁花;（尤指社交活动中）无人青睐的害羞女子 Sooner or later someone would take pity on the poor wallflower and ask her to dance.迟早会有人可怜那个没有舞伴的害羞姑娘，请她跳舞的。 Shy and modest aw shucks backward bashful bashfully bashfulness humility inadequacy inadequate indoorsiness indoorsy mousy reticence reticently retiring self-conscious self-consciously shyly shyness unassuming withdrawn wallflower | Business Englishwallflower noun[ C ] uk /ˈwɔːlflaʊər/us(alsoorphan stock) FINANCE, STOCK MARKET a type of investment that investors are not very interested in because they think it does not have much value: Because National Savings products are not very competitive, they are widely regarded as the wallflowers of the investment world. |
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