单词 | flourish |
释义 | flourish (flʌrɪʃ , US flɜːr- ) Word forms: flourishes , flourishing , flourished 1. verb If something flourishes, it is successful, active, or common, and developing quickly and strongly. Business flourished and within six months they were earning 18,000 roubles a day. [VERB] flourishing adjective London quickly became a flourishing port. Synonyms: thriving, successful, doing well, blooming 2. verb If a plant or animal flourishes, it grows well or is healthy because the conditions are right for it. The plant flourishes particularly well in slightly harsher climes. [VERB] flourishing adjective Britain has a large and flourishing fox population. 3. verb If you flourish an object, you wave it about in a way that makes people notice it. He flourished the glass to emphasize the point. [VERB noun] Synonyms: wave, brandish, sweep, swish Flourish is also a noun. He took his peaked cap from under his arm with a flourish and pulled it low over his eyes. 4. countable noun If you do something with a flourish, you do in a showy way so that people notice it. She tended to finish dancing with a flourish. 5. countable noun A flourish is a curly line or piece of decoration. He scrawled his name across the bill, underlining it with a showy flourish. Synonyms: curlicue, sweep, decoration, swirl Collocations: final flourish And, for a final flourish, brighten up the exterior with some window boxes. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Still, there's a fairly steady supply of chucklesome jokes, including a nice final flourish. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Pop a raspberry in the middle of each for a final flourish. Times, Sunday Times (2012) There was a final flourish in the last seconds of stoppage time. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Roxy was finishing off with a protracted rumba rhythm he'd been experimenting with, a final flourish to bring the whole thing together. THREE KINDS OF KISSING - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES (2002) The national interest of any modern democracy requires a strong economy and a flourishing business culture. The Times Literary Supplement This small place has seen some golden times when it had flourishing business by some entrepreneurs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This was a flourishing business until the petroleum industry made it obsolete. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Taxi drivers hated the introduction of the trams because they competed with the taxis' flourishing business. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Responsible for the flourishing business of people smuggling are a combination of interacting factors, from weak legislation and lax border controls to corrupt officials and the power of organized crime. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He inserted vivid imagery and a clever metaphor at the beginning and a rhetorical flourish at the end. Times, Sunday Times The politician who, in a single rhetorical flourish, can encapsulate the yearnings and aspirations of a nation and make us believe once again? Times, Sunday Times This attempt at a rhetorical flourish simply means that the end of the letter usually has to be rewritten. Times,Sunday Times The vastness of scale that gives you the licence for rhetorical flourish also defeats the argument. Times, Sunday Times There was no rhetorical flourish at the end, no elevation. Times, Sunday Times I always insist on bringing the fish to the table, still cocooned in the salt crust, before filleting it with a theatrical flourish. Times, Sunday Times Through such theatrical flourish, despite the copying and pasting, she makes this her own piece. Times, Sunday Times The fact the text was spoken aloud, performed for an audience, gives the prose its distinctive baroque theatrical flourish. Times, Sunday Times With a theatrical flourish, he brandished a pair of scissors and cut through the tape. Times, Sunday Times A clerk hurried forward and opened the court's windows, then turned to the prisoner and, with a theatrical flourish, sprayed him with a can of air freshener. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 繁荣 Japanese: 栄える |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含147115条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。