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flour·ish AHD[flûrʹĭsh, flŭrʹ-] D.J.[ˈflɜːrɪʃ, ˈflʌr-]K.K.[ˈflɝrɪʃ, ˈflʌr-]v.（动词）flour.ished, flour.ish.ing, flour.ish.es v.intr.（不及物动词）- To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive:茂盛，繁盛：生长得好或繁茂；茂盛：The crops flourished in the rich bottomland.作物在肥沃的河岸低地生长繁茂
- To do or fare well; prosper:繁荣：实行或进展得好；繁荣："No village on the railroad failed to flourish"(John Kenneth Galbraith)“凡是沿铁路的村庄都很繁荣”(约翰·肯尼思·加尔布雷斯)
- To be in a period of highest productivity, excellence, or influence:活跃，蓬勃：处于最多产、最优秀或最有影响的时期：an anonymous poet who flourished in the tenth century; painted when Impressionism was flourishing.一位活跃在10世纪的无名诗人；在印象主义最蓬勃的时期作画
- To make bold, sweeping movements:挥舞：做出勇敢的、横扫一切的动作：The banner flourished in the wind.旗帜在空中飞舞
v.tr.（及物动词）- To wield, wave, or exhibit dramatically.挥舞，舞动：引人注目地挥舞、摇曳或展现
n.（名词）- A dramatic or stylish movement, as of waving or brandishing:挥舞，挥动：一个富有戏剧性的或潇洒的动作，如摇曳或挥舞："A few . . . musicians embellish their performance with a flourish of the fingers"(Frederick D. Bennett)“一些…音乐家用花俏的弹指动作来装饰他们的演奏”(弗雷德里克D.贝内特)
- An embellishment or ornamentation:花样，华丽的辞藻：装饰品或修饰物：signed her name with a distinctive flourish; a long speech with many rhetorical flourishes.她用惹眼的花体字签名；一段充满华丽辞藻的讲话
- An ostentatious act or gesture:夸张的行为或手势：a flourish of generosity.故作慷慨
- Music A showy or ceremonious passage, such as a fanfare.【音乐】 装饰乐句，花式吹奏：一段炫耀或讲究仪式的音乐，例如小号曲
- Middle English florishen 中古英语 florishen
- from Old French florir floriss- 源自 古法语 florir floriss-
- from Vulgar Latin *flōrīre 源自 俗拉丁语 *flōrīre
- from Latin flōrēre 源自 拉丁语 flōrēre
- from flōs flōr- [flower] * see bhel- 3源自 flōs flōr- [花] * 参见 bhel- 3
flourʹisher n.（名词）flourish, brandish, wave- The central meaning shared by these verbs is "to swing back and forth boldly and dramatically": 这些动词所共有的中心意思是“大胆而有戏剧性的前后摆动”： flourished her newly signed contract;兴高采烈地摇晃着她刚签的合同；brandish a sword;挥动长剑；waving a baton. 挥舞着警棍
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