词根是 flour,也写成 flor,都来源于拉丁语 florem,表示 flower,即“花”的意思。古罗马神话中的人物 Flora(花神),她的丈夫 Zephyr(西风之神)就曾送给她一个长满奇花异草的花园。单词 flower 是词根 flour 的另一种拼写方式,后来 flower 和 flour 分别成了两个单独的单词,但含义有一定的联系。
flourish ['flʌrɪʃ]
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v.旺盛;繁荣
n.挥舞;炫耀;华丽词藻
flourish 一般指植物生长茂盛,近义词 thrive 指生物(包括动物和植物)繁殖兴盛,这两个词都可以比喻事物的繁荣,活跃。另外,单词 boom 经常用来说“开花”,它还可以用来形容“热潮”,文艺、艺术方面繁荣昌盛,单词 prosper 指事业、经济等的繁荣昌盛,指持续的或者长久的兴旺。
1)词根 flor/flour,表示“花”,例如:
flour n.面粉(小麦的精华)
flower n.花;精华
florid adj.(文章)华丽的
floral adj.花的;如花的
florist n.花商,种花人
floriculturist n.花匠;花卉栽培家
2)后缀 ish,表示形容词,例如:
childish adj.小孩的
girlish adj.女孩的
womanish adj.女子气的
★ 变形时刻:flourish = flour(花) + ish(形容词后缀) → 像花一样开放 → 表示茂盛,引申为兴旺、兴盛。
thrive v.茁壮成长;兴旺
prosper vi.繁荣,昌盛
boom n.开花;繁荣
fade v.褪去;枯萎
wither vi.枯萎;凋谢
wane vi.衰落;变小
rhetorical flourish 辞藻华丽
in full flourish 在全盛时,盛极一时
It's not easy to find any flourish in Trump's speech.
在川普的演讲中很难发现华丽的辞藻。
Firms including Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu and JD.com have flourished in recent years, growing to nearly rival American internet behemoths like Amazon and Google in their size, scope and ambition.
包括阿里巴巴、腾讯、百度和京东之内的一些公司近几年发展旺盛,正成长并接近美国互联网竞争巨头如亚马逊和谷歌的规模、范围和雄心。
① If something flourishes, it is successful, active, or common, and developing quickly and strongly.
② If a plant or animal flourishes, it grows well or is healthy because the conditions are right for it.
③ If you flourish an object, you wave it about in a way that makes people notice it.
④ If you do something with a flourish, you do in a showy way so that people notice it.
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flourish ['flʌrɪʃ] v.繁荣
flower ['flaʊə] n.花
flour ['flaʊə] n.面粉
florid ['flɒrɪd] adj.华丽的
floral ['flɔːr(ə)l] adj.如花的
florist ['flɒrɪst] n.花商
floriculturist [,flɔːrɪ'kʌltʃərɪst] n.花匠
childish ['tʃaɪldɪʃ] adj.孩子的
girlish ['gɜːlɪʃ] adj.女孩的
womanish ['wʊmənɪʃ] adj.女子气的
thrive [θraɪv] v.兴旺
prosper ['prɒspə] vi.繁荣
boom [buːm] n.繁荣
wither ['wɪðə] vi.枯萎
wane [weɪn] vi.衰落
fade [feɪd] v.褪去
rhetorical [rɪ'tɒrɪk(ə)l] adj.修辞的
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