• n. 壁花（舞會中沒有舞伴而坐著看的人）；桂竹香

比喻用法。

wallflower (n.)

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.

1. I was something of a wallflower; I was terribly shy.

我算是朵墻花，因為我特別害羞。

來自柯林斯例句

2. He had left his diaries, known as " Wallflower ", when he left MI 5.

他離開軍情5局時留下了自己的日記, 大家都叫它 “ 墻頭花 ”.

來自辭典例句

3. Step forward to dance, Mary, don't be such a wallflower.

走出來跳舞, 瑪麗, 不要當壁花.

來自辭典例句

4. Step forward to dance, Mary, don't be a wallflower.

走出來跳舞, 瑪麗, 不要當“壁”花.

來自互聯網

5. Don't be such a wallflower - get up and dance with me.

壁花. 指舞會中沒有人邀舞,而枯坐一旁的人(尤指女生)

來自互聯網