flourish

C1 CET-4 Oxf 5000 大学 FREQ #13515 ★★☆☆☆

vi. 繁荣, 茂盛, 活跃, 手舞足蹈 vt. 挥舞, 夸耀 n. 挥舞, 炫耀, 茂盛, 兴旺, 华丽词藻

发音

其它 /ˈflʌɹ.ɪʃ/
UK /ˈflʌɹ.ɪʃ/
其它
US /ˈflʌɹ.ɪʃ/
AU /ˈflɐɹ.ɪ̟ʃ/
NZ /ˈflɐɹ.ɘʃ/
CA /ˈflɝ.ɪʃ/
US /ˈflɝ.ɪʃ/
US /ˈflʊ̈ɹ.ɪʃ/

词形变化

flourishes 复数 flourishes flourished flourishes 三单 flourishest flourisheth flourishing flourishing 现在分词 flourished 过去式 flourished 过去分词

别名

florysh floryshe flowrish

教材释义与例句

名词

兴旺;茂盛;挥舞;炫耀;华饰

动词

繁荣,兴旺;茂盛;活跃;处于旺盛时期

动词

夸耀;挥舞

释义与例句

n. C1
  1. 1.

    A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.

    With many flourishes of the captured banner, they marched down the avenue.

  2. 2.

    An ornamentation.

    His signature ended with a flourish.

  3. 3.

    A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.

    音乐

    The trumpets blew a flourish as they entered the church.

  4. 4.

    A decorative embellishment on a building.

    建筑
v. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    To thrive or grow well.

    繁荣

    不及物

    The barley flourished in the warm weather.

  2. 2.

    To prosper or fare well.

    不及物

    The town flourished with the coming of the railway.

    The cooperation flourished as the customers rushed in the business.

  3. 3.

    To be in a period of greatest influence.

    不及物

    His writing flourished before the war.

  4. 4.

    To develop; to make thrive; to expand.

    及物
  5. 5.

    To make bold, sweeping movements with.

    及物

    They flourished the banner as they stormed the palace.

    The squirrel flourished its fluffy tail about as an alarm signal after its narrow escape from the cat.

  6. 6.

    To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.

    不及物
  7. 7.

    To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.

    不及物
  8. 8.

    To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.

    不及物
  9. 9.

    To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.

    及物
  10. 10.

    To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.

    不及物
  11. 11.

    To boast; to vaunt; to brag.

    不及物 废旧
  12. 12.

    To brandish (a weapon).

    古体 及物
  13. 13.

    To be known to have been alive at a particular time or in a particular period, where one's birth and death dates are not known; to have been active during a specified period; floruit.

    不及物

    John Smith (flourished 1425-1432) was...

词汇关系

词源

From Middle English floryschen, from Old French florir (via the arrhizotonic stem floriss-), from Late Latin flōrīre, from Latin flōrēre, from Latin flōrem (“flower”, noun). Corresponds to flower + -ish.

来源:wiktionary