English Dictionary

wallflower

/ˈwɔːl.ˌflaʊ.ə/

noun

Any of several short-lived herbs or shrubs of the Erysimum genus with bright yellow to red flowers. / Gastrolobium grandiflorum, a poisonous bushy shrub, endemic to Australia.

She was a wallflower at the party, quietly observing the conversations around her.

意味（1）

Any of several short-lived herbs or shrubs of the Erysimum genus with bright yellow to red flowers.

A polypetalous corolla is either cruciform, as in a wall-flower, rosaceous, papilionaceous, as in the pea kind, or incomplete, when some parts found in analogous flowers are wanting.

意味（2）

Gastrolobium grandiflorum, a poisonous bushy shrub, endemic to Australia.

意味（3）

A person who does not dance at a party, due to shyness or unpopularity; by extension, anyone who is left on the sidelines while an activity takes place.

Mrs. Galbraith shook all over with laughter as she replied, “Hear that boy, asking me to dance ! I'm content to be a wallflower, now-a-days."

意味（4）

(informal) Any person who is socially awkward, shy, or reserved.

I've always been a wallflower, even in my own home. But, I'm willing to learn to be a part of your world. I would like to. I have already told my parents that I want to go to soirées.