| 英语单词 | flamboyant |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [flæm'bɔɪənt] 美 [flæm'bɔɪənt] |
| 中文释义 | adj.艳丽的;炫耀的;火焰似的 n.凤凰木 |
| 英语例句 | (1) Versace is famous for his flamboyant designs. (2) Pictorialism lent character to the flamboyant baron's photographs while their light came from Whistler's painting. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 凡赛斯因为它们艳丽的设计而闻名。 (2) 写实主义赋予了爱炫耀的男爵的相片以特色,而他们的灵感来自于惠斯勒的绘画。 |
| vocabulary简明 | 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. |
| vocabulary扩展 | 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. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]引人注目的;炫耀的;时髦的 If you say that someone or something is flamboyant, you mean that they are very noticeable, stylish, and exciting.
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