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- no obj.(of a person, animal, or other living organism) grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way, especially as the result of a particularly congenial environment（人, 动物, 其他生物体）繁荣, 茂盛：
wild plants flourish on the banks of the lake.
野生植物在湖岸生长茂盛。
1.1
- develop rapidly and successfully迅速发展; 兴旺, 成功：
the organization has continued to flourish.
该机构继续发展壮大。
1.2
- with adverbial(of a person) be working or at the height of one's career during a specified period（人）处于事业鼎盛时期：
the caricaturist and wit who flourished in the early years of this century.
活跃在本世纪初的那位漫画家兼幽默家。
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- with obj.(of a person) wave (something) about to attract the attention of others（人）挥舞（某物）以引起注意; 炫耀：
'Happy New Year!' he yelled, flourishing a bottle of whisky.
他挥动威士忌酒瓶喊着：“新年好！”
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- a bold or extravagant gesture or action, made especially to attract the attention of others（尤指为引起注意而采取的）大胆（或过分）的姿势（或行动）：
with a flourish, she ushered them inside.
她以戏剧性的手势请他们进屋。
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- an instance of suddenly performing or developing in an impressively successful way突然的出色表现（或发挥）：
Wigan produced a late second-half flourish.
威根在下半场快结束时发挥出色。
1.2
- an elaborate rhetorical or literary expression华丽词藻。
1.3
- an ornamental flowing curve in handwriting or scrollwork（花体书写或涡卷装饰中的）涡卷：
spiky gothic letters with an emphatic flourish beneath them.
下部有明显涡卷的长而尖的花体字母。
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- Music a fanfare played by brass instruments【乐】响亮的铜管乐声：
a flourish of trumpets.
喇叭齐鸣。
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- an ornate musical passage装饰乐句。
2.2
- an extemporized addition played especially at the beginning or end of a composition即兴前奏（或篇尾）曲。
派生词
flourisher
noun词源
Middle English: from Old French floriss-, lengthened stem of florir, based on Latin florere, from flos, flor- 'a flower'. The noun senses 'ornamental curve' and 'florid expression' come from an obsolete sense of the verb, 'adorn' (originally with flowers).