flourish

flourish
verb
  1. [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。
    ■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。
    ■[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.
    活跃在本世纪初的漫画家兼幽默家。
  2. [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！”。
noun
  1. 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.
    她以夸张手势请他们进屋。
    ■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.
    威根在下半场末了发挥出色。
    ■an elaborate rhetorical or literary expression
    华丽词藻
    ■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。
  2. (Music)a fanfare played by brass instruments
    (乐)响亮的铜管乐声
    a flourish of trumpets.
    喇叭齐鸣。
    ■an ornate musical passage
    装饰乐句
    ■an extemporized addition played especially at the beginning or end of a composition
    即兴前奏（或篇尾）曲
派生
flourisher
noun
语源
  1. 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)
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