单词	wallflower
释义	wallflower /ˈwɔːlflaʊə / noun 1A southern European plant with fragrant yellow, orange-red, dark red, or brown flowers that bloom in early spring. Cheiranthus cheiri, family Cruciferae. Grape hyacinths, Pulmonaria, rock cress, azaleas, lilacs, wallflowers and pinks furnish nectar in early and mid-spring.... Cottage gardens usually look their best in early summer, but do include plants that peak at different seasons such as early bulbs, wallflowers and violas for spring. A perennial wallflower planted late last spring continues to flower after having been trimmed back a couple of times with each flush of colour. 2 informal A shy or excluded person at a dance or party, especially a girl without a partner: I felt like a miserable wallflower at a boisterous party... A new dance class - where wallflowers won't be welcome - swings into action next month. Grace, a mousy wallflower of a girl who had remained quiet until now, is pointing towards the window, where the curtains are now billowing in the wind and the tree branches are scraping against the glass. You can almost imagine him at the school dance as the wallflower, smiling a secret smile to himself as he watched the gyrations and romantic aspirations of others.
随便看	up to speed (up) to the hilt up to the mark up to the minute up to the (or one's) eyeballs up to the (or one's) eyes (in) uptown uptowner uptrend upturn UPU uPVC upvote upward upwardly upwardly mobile upwardly (or downwardly) mobile upward mobility upwards upwards (or upward) of upwarp upweight upwelling upwind up with ——

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