wallflower

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wall·flow·er /ˈwɔːlˌflaʊə $ ˈwɒːlˌflaʊər/ noun [countableC]

1. informalDL someone at a party, dance etc who is not asked to dance or take part in the activities 壁花〔指在聚会、舞会等中没被邀请跳舞或参加活动的人〕

2. HBPa sweet-smelling garden plant with yellow and red flowers 桂竹香〔庭园植物，气味清香，开黄色和红色的花〕

Examples from the Corpus

wallflower• Hey, there are even pastels like peach and lilac this season, so nobody has to be a wallflower.• The worst of fates was to be a wallflower passed over and rejected.• Sometimes, Joan was the dowdy, make-up-less wallflower with curves that looked more like sacks.• In fact you could say that I was a real wallflower.• Beyond that, she had shown that women were capable of being more than simpering wallflowers, or unpaid housekeepers.• They looked a little out of it, the wallflowers at the party.• It was cool and fresh in the summer, the back yard blooming with wallflowers and purple bells.

From Longman Business Dictionary

wallflowerwall·flow·er /ˈwɔːlˌflaʊəˈwɒːlˌflaʊər/ noun [countableC] journalismFINANCE

an investment that is not popular with investors because it is not profitable enough

Investors started buying the new issue in large numbers, turning a Wall Street wallflower into one of the hottest financial products.

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