Word · Frequency #19101
flowery
花的;如花的;多花的
relating to or suggestive of flowers
- 1.
Pertaining to or characteristic of flowers.
花的;似花的
- 2.
of or relating to or suggestive of flowers
花的
- 3.
Decorated with or abundant in flowers.
用花装饰的;多花的
- 4.
marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details; ; -John Milton
辞藻华丽的
- 5.
Of a speech or piece of writing: overly complicated or elaborate; with grandiloquent expressions; marked by rhetorical elegance.
辞藻华丽的;过于复杂的
- 6.
Melodramatic, overexaggerated.
夸张的;过分渲染的
花的;似花的;花的;用花装饰的;多花的;辞藻华丽的;辞藻华丽的;过于复杂的
In use
She bought a flowery blouse for the summer trip.
The garden is especially flowery in May.
This perfume has a soft, flowery scent.
a flowery hat
flowery wine
a flowery speech
flowery + noun
flowery 作定语,表示“有花朵图案的”或“开满花的”。
She wore a flowery dress to the party.
她穿着一条花裙子去参加聚会。
be/look + flowery
作表语时,说明主语“满是花”或“带有花的样子”。
Connections
Collocations
- a flowery dress
- 碎花连衣裙
- She wore a flowery dress to the picnic.她穿着一条碎花连衣裙去野餐。
- a flowery scent
- 花香
- The room was filled with a flowery scent.房间里弥漫着花香。
- a flowery pattern
- 花卉图案
- The curtains have a flowery pattern.窗帘上有花卉图案。
- a flowery meadow
- 开满花的草地
- We walked through a flowery meadow.我们走过一片开满花的草地。
Idioms & figurative uses
- flowery language
- 辞藻华丽的语言His flowery language made the simple announcement sound pompous.他辞藻华丽的语言让这个简单的公告听起来很浮夸。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
flowery 是 flower(花)加 y,想象一片开满鲜花的园子,如花般繁盛,就是“如花的”。
Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:花园与植物、纺织品与图案、装饰风格 这个词通常表示“花的、如花的”,多用于描述花园、植物或带花装饰的物品;在书面和日常口语中都比较自然,没有明显的正式或随意之分。
Grammar Note
可与 very 等程度副词连用;比较级 flowerier,最高级 floweriest
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 flowery 真正押韵的有 floury 和 showery(/ˈflaʊɚi/、/ˈʃaʊɚi/);dowry 在英式发音 /ˈdaʊəri/ 中也押韵。tower、power 只共享 -ower 拼写和 /aʊ/ 音,结尾没有 /i/;lower 虽拼作 -ower,读音是 /ˈloʊər/,不要被拼写误导。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.