flourish
兴旺,兴旺发达,兴盛,兴起
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Definitions
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- : to be in a vigorous state; thrive: a period in which art flourished.
- : to be in its or in one's prime; be at the height of fame, excellence, influence, etc.
- : to be successful; prosper.
- : to grow luxuriantly, or thrive in growth, as a plant.
- : to make dramatic, sweeping gestures: Flourish more when you act out the king's great death scene.
- : to add embellishments and ornamental lines to writing, letters, etc.
- : to sound a trumpet call or fanfare.
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- : to brandish dramatically; gesticulate with: a conductor flourishing his baton for the crescendo.
- : to decorate or embellish with sweeping or fanciful curves or lines.
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- : an act or instance of brandishing.
- : an ostentatious display.
- : a decoration or embellishment, especially in writing: He added a few flourishes to his signature.
- : Rhetoric. a parade of fine language; an expression used merely for effect.
- : a trumpet call or fanfare.
- : a condition or period of thriving: in full flourish.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Tatel’s writing is sparse and not prone to rhetorical flourishes.
We will not even speak of lattices and other decorative flourishes.
The Switch does not lack visual innovation or artistic flourishes necessary to create inarguably beautiful games whose visuals fully justify playing them on a really big-screen TV.
In fact it was just those flourishes — seen as revolutionary at the time — that reportedly turned off old-school members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ documentary branch.
Roasted red peppers and an orange shellfish emulsion lend color to the classic, which is staged in a blue bowl for even more flourish.
More: He derives genuine pleasure from watching something he created flourish.
Her father gazes back at her happily, tips his hat, and bows with a flourish.
He has a lean, crackling energy about him, a sense of dramatic flourish, a resonant voice that is not unaware of its own music.
This fact was revealed with a flourish during a Life Lesson on the importance of discretion, which is a story for another day.
Jazz festivals flourish by tapping into this allure of jazz—but increasingly fill their stages with artists from other genres.
In such conditions many kinds which do not flourish very freely in the open garden, grow into handsome specimens.
He bowed, with a flourish of his plumed hat, and would with that have taken his departure but that the Seneschal stayed him.
Virginia leaf still continues to flourish, and to-day it is the great agricultural product of the State.
That is, the number of them cut short, and reduced to few, shall flourish in abundance of justice.
Socialism, like every other impassioned human effort, will flourish best under martyrdom.