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- (of a person or their behaviour) tending to attract attention because of their exuberance, confidence, and stylishness(人或其行为因富有活力、充满信心和新潮时髦而)抢眼的, 惹人注目的:
a flamboyant display of aerobatics.
一场令人眼花缭乱的特技飞行表演。
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- (especially of clothing) noticeable because brightly coloured, highly patterned, or unusual in style(尤指服装因色彩鲜艳、图案大胆或风格独特而)引人注目的。
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- Architecture of or denoting a style of French Gothic architecture marked by wavy flamelike tracery and ornate decoration【建筑】火焰式。比较RAYONNANT.
派生词
flamboyance
nounflamboyancy
nounflamboyantly
ad verb
词源
mid 19th cent.: from French, literally 'flaming, blazing', present participle of flamboyer, from flambe 'a flame'.
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- a Madagascan tree with bright red flowers and leaves composed of numerous leaflets, planted as a street tree in the tropics凤凰木。
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- Delonix regia, family Leguminosae.拉丁名 Delonix regia, 豆科。
词源
late 19th cent.: probably a noun use of the French adjective flamboyant 'blazing' (see FLAMBOYANT1).