| 单词 | flamboyant |
| 释义 | flamboyant (once / 3398 pages) 1adj 2n Flamboyant means elaborate and ostentatious. When you think of flamboyant, think of Las Vegas showgirls: feathers, sequins, three-inch heels, enough make-up to disguise any irregularity. Flamboyant means showy, and though we often roll our eyes at it, it's not a hateful thing. Liberace was flamboyant. So was Elvis. The word comes from the French flamboyer, to flame. Think of passion and pageantry all rolled into one, and you'll have a good idea what flamboyant should mean at its best. If that doesn't do it for you, think of a man playing a shiny white grand piano at a rock concert, wearing a white satin jump suit and 8-foot wide, fully-feathered wings. See? Flamboyant. WORD FAMILYflamboyant: flamboyance, flamboyantly, flamboyants USAGE EXAMPLESKing, the flamboyant boxing promoter who hyped Mike Tyson’s 1980s fights, was also saluted by Trump as “a phenomenal person” despite a conviction for manslaughter. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) And he often tried to encourage Mr. Kalinsky to be a bit flamboyant. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) Travel typically evokes visions: postcard images of lush landscapes, magnificent monuments, museum masterpieces or flamboyant festivals. Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016) 1 1adj marked by ostentation but often tasteless Syn showy, splashy ostentatious, pretentious intended to attract notice and impress others 2adj elaborately or excessively ornamented 2flamboyant handwriting Syn aureate, florid fancy not plain; decorative or ornamented n showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana Syn|Hyper Delonix regia, Poinciana regia, flame tree, peacock flower, royal poinciana angiospermous tree, flowering tree any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary |
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