| 词汇 | flowers |
| 释义 | flowers ⇨ flowers; monthly flowersnoun the bleed period of the menstrual cycle. From Latin fluor (to flow) via French fleurs (flowers); in conventional usage from C15 to mid-C19 UK, 2002flower1. The best example or greatest representative of a group. Margaret was long considered the flower of her graduating class. 2. The best state or prime condition of something. It was in the flower of my youth that I knew I wanted to be a great writer. 3. slang The vagina, especially the labia majora and the labia minora. 4. slang An effeminate, weak, ineffectual, or cowardly man or boy. Don't be such a flower, Jimmy, stand up for yourself and fight him! 5. A term of endearment, often toward a girl or woman. Primarily heard in UK, Ireland. Ah, my little flower! Come here and give your auntie a kiss! Here you are, me auld flower, two tickets to the show, as promised! flower of the flockThe best person or thing in a group. Your cupcakes are just the flower of the flock—there is no better item at the bake sale. She's the best we've got, the flower of the flock, so you should absolutely put her on this case. April showers bring May flowersPoor, often rainy weather in April can prove beneficial to blooming plantlife in May. A: "Ugh, will it ever stop raining?" B: "April showers bring may flowers, at least." the flower of (something)The finest, most vital, or most exemplary part of something. Though many worry the legislation will hamper trade with foreign countries, I'm hopeful that it will help nurture and cultivate the flower of local industries. The community has been struggling to come to terms with the death of the three boys, all struck down in the flower of youth. hearts and flowersA phrase used to describe excessive sentimentality. Ugh, but the dialogue in those books is all hearts and flowers though. April showers bring May flowers.Prov. Although rain in April is annoying, it starts the flowers growing. Child: I hate all this rain. Why does it have to rain? Mother: April showers bring May flowers. Although it was a dreary, rainy day, we felt cheerful, since April showers bring May flowers. the flower of —the finest individuals out of a number of people or things.Middle and early modern English did not recognize the modern distinction in spelling and sense between flower and flour , and the earliest instances of this expression relate to the sense that in modern English would be spelt flour , referring to the finest part of the wheat. 1991 Pat Robertson New World Order This vainglorious conqueror wasted the flower of French youth on his own personal dreams of empire. hearts and flowersused in allusion to extreme sentimentality.the flower of something(literary) the finest or best part of something: The people of the village will never forget the war and their young men, killed in the flower of youth.hearts and flowers n. sentimentality. I didn’t care for the hearts and flowers part. April showers bring May flowersAdversity is followed by good fortune. An old proverb, it was taken more literally in days gone by, and in fact it appeared in a British book of Weather Lore published in 1893. flower childrenHippies of the 1960s, so named because they frequently wore or carried flowers as symbols of love and peace. Their antimaterialistic, antiwar philosophy was characterized as flower power, whose motto was “Make love, not war.” Overused for several decades, these terms now may be dying out. flower of youth, theThe best or finest time of life, at the peak of good looks, good health, and vigor. “He hath the flower of youth, wherein is the fulness of strength,” wrote Homer in the Iliad (ca. 850 b.c.). Shakespeare used similar language, but not the precise wording of the cliché. But John Dryden did, in Alexander’s Feast (1697), describing the lovely Thais “in flow’r of youth and beauty’s pride.” |
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