名詞 flourish:

1. a showy gesture
2. an ornamental embellishment in writing
3. a display of ornamental speech or language
4. the act of waving
   同義詞：brandish
5. (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments
   同義詞：fanfare, tucket

動(dòng)詞 flourish:

1. grow stronger
   同義詞：boom, prosper, thrive, get ahead, expand
2. gain in wealth
   同義詞：thrive, prosper, fly high
3. move or swing back and forth
   同義詞：brandish, wave

1. A flourish of trumpets marked the Queen's arrival.
   小號(hào)奏出嘹亮的樂曲歡迎女王駕到。
2. There were two or three palm trees flourishing in the promenade garden.
   街心花園里有兩三棵枝繁葉茂的棕櫚樹。
3. The doctor showed us about his hospital with much flourish.
   這位醫(yī)生頗為炫耀地帶著我們參觀了他的醫(yī)院。
4. She rushed in flourishing a document.
   她急匆匆地走了進(jìn)來，手里揮舞著一份文件。

flour.ish

v.（動(dòng)詞）
flour.ished,flour.ish.ing,flour.ish.es
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive:
茂盛，繁盛：生長得好或繁茂；茂盛：
例句：
The crops flourished in the rich bottomland.
作物在肥沃的河岸低地生長繁茂

To do or fare well; prosper:
繁榮：實(shí)行或進(jìn)展得好；繁榮：
例句：
.No village on the railroad failed to flourish.(John Kenneth Galbraith)
.凡是沿鐵路的村莊都很繁榮.(約翰·肯尼思·加爾布雷斯)

To be in a period of highest productivity, excellence, or influence:
活躍，蓬勃：處于最多產(chǎn)、最優(yōu)秀或最有影響的時(shí)期：
例句：
an anonymous poet who flourished in the tenth century; painted when Impressionism was flourishing.
一位活躍在0世紀(jì)的無名詩人；在印象主義最蓬勃的時(shí)期作畫

To make bold, sweeping movements:
揮舞：做出勇敢的、橫掃一切的動(dòng)作：
例句：
The banner flourished in the wind.
旗幟在空中飛舞

v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To wield, wave, or exhibit dramatically.
揮舞，舞動(dòng)：引人注目地?fù)]舞、搖曳或展現(xiàn)
n.（名詞）
A dramatic or stylish movement, as of waving or brandishing:
揮舞，揮動(dòng)：一個(gè)富有戲劇性的或?yàn)t灑的動(dòng)作，如搖曳或揮舞：
例句：
.A few . . . musicians embellish their performance with a flourish of the fingers.(Frederick D. Bennett)
.一些…音樂家用花俏的彈指動(dòng)作來裝飾他們的演奏.(弗雷德里克D.貝內(nèi)特)

An embellishment or ornamentation:
花樣，華麗的辭藻：裝飾品或修飾物：
例句：
signed her name with a distinctive flourish; a long speech with many rhetorical flourishes.
她用惹眼的花體字簽名；一段充滿華麗辭藻的講話

An ostentatious act or gesture:
夸張的行為或手勢(shì)：
例句：
a flourish of generosity.
故作慷慨

Music A showy or ceremonious passage, such as a fanfare.
【音樂】 裝飾樂句，花式吹奏：一段炫耀或講究儀式的音樂，例如小號(hào)曲

來源：
Middle English florishen
中古英語 florishen
from Old French florir floriss-
源自 古法語 florir floriss-
from Vulgar Latin *flôrore
源自 俗拉丁語 *flôrore
from Latin flôrôre
源自 拉丁語 flôrôre
from flôs flôr- [flower] * see bhel- 3
源自 flôs flôr- [花] *參見 bhel- 3

【引伸】
flour.isher
n.（名詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>flourish,brandish,waveThe central meaning shared by these verbs is .to swing back and forth boldly and dramatically.:
這些動(dòng)詞所共有的中心意思是.大膽而有戲劇性的前后擺動(dòng).：
例句：
flourished her newly signed contract;
興高采烈地?fù)u晃著她剛簽的合同；

例句：
brandish a sword;
揮動(dòng)長劍；

例句：
waving a baton.
揮舞著警棍