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Verb Flourish Flourished Plant People Notice 例:He N Count

单词 flourishing
音标
英['flɜ:ɪʃɪŋ] 美['flɜɪʃɪŋ]
解释
adj.繁荣的;欣欣向荣的;茂盛的;盛行的;v.茂盛,繁荣( flourish的现在分词 );兴旺发达;挥动;
例句

VERB
繁荣;兴盛;兴旺
If something flourishes, it is successful, active, or common, and developing quickly and strongly.
例:Business flourished and within six months they were earning 18,000 roubles a day...生意红火起来,不出6 个月他们就可以每天赚 18,000 卢布了。
例:Racism and crime still flourish in the ghetto.城市贫民区的种族主义和犯罪仍然十分猖獗。

VERB
(植物或动物)长势好,茁壮成长
If a plant or animal flourishes, it grows well or is healthy because the conditions are right for it.
例:The plant flourishes particularly well in slightly harsher climes.这种植物在气候条件稍差一点的地区长势尤其好。

VERB
挥动,挥舞(以引起注意)
If you flourish an object, you wave it about in a way that makes people notice it.
例:He flourished the glass to emphasize the point.他挥动手中的杯子来强调这一点。

N-COUNT
(为引人注意的)夸张动作
If you do something with a flourish, you do in a showy way so that people notice it.
例:She tended to finish dancing with a flourish.她往往以夸张的姿势结束舞蹈。

N-COUNT
装饰曲线;装饰图案
A flourish is a curly line or piece of decoration.
例:He scrawled his name across the bill, underlining it with a showy flourish.他在账单上潦草地签上自己的名字,并在名字下面画了一条花体线。
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