wallflower
- n.(舞会或聚会上因无舞伴或腼腆)待在一旁的人，壁花;桂竹香(一种园艺植物，暮春开花，呈黄、橙、红色)
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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. -
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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.I was something of a wallflower; I was terribly shy.
我算是朵墙花，因为我特别害羞。
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- remains on sidelines at social event
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- perennial of southern Europe having clusters of fragrant flowers of all colors especially yellow and orange;often naturalized on old walls or cliffs;sometimes placed in genus Erysimum
- Synonym: Cheiranthus cheiri Erysimum cheiri
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- any of numerous plants of the genus Erysimum having fragrant yellow or orange or brownish flowers
数据来源：WordNet
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She 'd rather leave early than be a wallflower .
她宁愿早点离去，而不愿当壁花。
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I was always a wallflower in high school . I never liked to dance in front of people .
高中时我总是当壁花，我从来就不喜欢在人前跳舞。
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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。
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I was something of a wallflower ; I was terribly shy .
我算是朵墙花，因为我特别害羞。
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I could n 't risk being a wallflower just waiting on you two .
我哪能冒险在一边等着，等着专门伺候你们两位呀？
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This insurance company is just a wallflower to me .
我对这家保险公司毫无兴趣。
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Step forward to dance , Mary , don 't be such a wallflower .
走出来跳舞，玛丽，不要当壁花。
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She spent the whole evening being a wallflower .
她整个晚上都当壁花。
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Sooner or later someone would take pity on the poor wallflower and ask her to dance .
迟早会有人怜悯那位可怜兮兮的腼腆姑娘，请她跳舞的。
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Until now the country has been a wallflower and it is about time it put on its pumps .
直到现在这个国家一直是个局外人，现在到了它发挥作用的时候了。
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He danced with every wallflower in the room .
他与屋子里所有没有舞伴的女子都跳了舞。
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You sure have changed from the shy wallflower !
你从害羞的壁花小姐变成另一个人了！
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It wasn 't an outfit designed for a camera shy wallflower .
这套装扮可不是给一朵面对镜头就害羞的“壁花”女人所设计的哦。
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We all know some drop-dead beautiful person married to an unusually plain wallflower .
我们都知道一些特别美丽的人和非常平常普通的人结婚。
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I felt so sorry for this wallflower at the school dance last night that I asked her to dance .
昨晚在学校的那个舞会上，我为那个坐在那里老不跳舞的女孩感到很不好受，所以我就过去请他跳舞。
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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；
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Mr. Gates is no wallflower either .
盖茨也不是局外人。
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it 's a beautiful movie , and the Wallflowers will be here
是部很棒的电影而且男主角会在
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The Wallflower represents a shy , submissive individual who holds the glass protectively .
局外人则自我保护意识强，胆小温和，一直紧握酒杯；
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But I never go dancing if I don 't have a partner because I don 't want to be a wallflower .
我也很喜欢听音乐，但是，在没有舞伴的时候，我从来不去跳舞，因为我不要当壁花小姐。
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He had left his diaries , known as " wallflower ", when he left mi5 .
他离开军情5局时留下了自己的日记，大家都叫它“墙头花”。
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I want to invite that wallflower to dance , she hasn 't have danced with someone till now !
我想邀请那个受到冷落的女子跳舞，她到现在都还没有和任何人跳过。
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42 . The wallflower is so called because its weak stems often grow on walls and along stony cliffs for support .
42.墙花之所以叫墙花，是因为其脆弱的枝干经常要靠墙壁或顺石崖生长，以便有所依附。
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An Australian dating website is offering wallflowers looking for love a subtle way to declare their intentions : identification badges .
又很害羞？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。
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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。
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Harder to crack are the jack the lad , the ice queen , the wallflower and the gossip .
酷哥、冰美人、壁花与闲聊女则不容易对付；
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You were hired because you are competent and capable , so don 't be a wallflower .
公司雇用你是因为你的能力可靠，所以不要做公司的花瓶。
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That 's why the Perks of Being a Wallflower star has decided to return to Brown University to finish her undergraduate degree in 2013 .
近日主演了《壁花少年》（PerksofBeingaWallflower）的沃特森即将于2013年重返布朗大学，完成本科学业。
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Scientists at Cambridge University have used medical scanners to pinpoint brain features that identify someone as being a likeable " people person " or a wallflower .
剑桥大学的科学家们使用医用扫描仪，找出一些大脑特征，可以用来鉴别某人是一个可爱的“与人相处融洽的人”，还是不太合群不受欢迎的人。
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Perks of Being a Wallflower is in the theaters now ,
《壁花少年》目前在各大影院已经上�