1570s, type of flowering plant cultivated in gardens, native to southern Europe, where it grows on old walls and in rocky places, from wall (n.) + flower (n.). Colloquial sense of "woman who sits by the wall at parties, often for want of a partner" is first recorded 1820.
双语例句
1. I was something of a wallflower; I was terribly shy.
我算是朵墙花，因为我特别害羞。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He had left his diaries, known as " Wallflower ", when he left MI 5.
他离开军情5局时留下了自己的日记, 大家都叫它 “ 墙头花 ”.
来自辞典例句
3. Step forward to dance, Mary, don't be such a wallflower.
走出来跳舞, 玛丽, 不要当壁花.
来自辞典例句
4. Step forward to dance, Mary, don't be a wallflower.
走出来跳舞, 玛丽, 不要当“壁”花.
来自互联网
5. Don't be such a wallflower - get up and dance with me.
