| 单词 | flowery |
| 释义 | flowery (once / 1870 pages) 1adj 2adj Something flowery either looks, smells, or feels like flowers. You might wear flowery perfume or write a flowery poem starting with "Roses are red..." However, flowery is not a compliment when it comes to writing. If a blanket has a lot of pictures of flowers on it, it's flowery. If a scent reminds you of flowers, it's flowery. Flowery things make you think of flowers in some way. Also, flowery things are full of intricate details, maybe a little too full of them. A flowery speech might have many figures of speech but very little content. A flowery building design has lots of little touches and details. Flowery can mean something close to ornate. WORD FAMILYflowery: flowerily+/florist: florists/flower: florist, flowered, flowering, flowerless, flowers, flowery/flowering: flowerings, nonflowering USAGE EXAMPLESThey abandoned their flowery clothes, embraced denim and T-shirts and settled down to a more traditional style of rock. BBC(Dec 24, 2016) There are plenty of heated moments and flowery phrases that glaze over their nights together, but this isn’t that kind of book. Los Angeles Times(Dec 05, 2016) Beth, as conventionally feminine as her flowery luggage, is attentively accommodating. Los Angeles Times(Dec 01, 2016) 1 adj of or relating to or suggestive of flowers 2a flowery hat flowery wine adj marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details a flowery speech Syn ornate rhetorical given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought |
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