I fixed her hair like they do in the circus with the bright blanket across her back and a flower behind her ear.

我给她做了头发，就像马戏团里那样，把鲜艳的毯子盖在她的背上，耳朵后面插着一朵花。

youdao

The girl stuck a wild flower in her hair.

女孩在头发上插了一朵野花。

《新英汉大辞典》

Still unwilling to sleep, he watched the young woman in his arms, removing a bruised flower petal from her tangled hair.

依旧不想入睡，他看着他怀里的年轻女子，将一片花瓣从她纠缠的头发上移去。

youdao

She sighed and placed the flower in her hair.

VOA: special.2009.05.23

As she lifted it to put it in her dark hair, a few drops of liquid from the flower fell to the ground.

VOA: special.2009.05.23

With American ambassador to Malaysia John Malott on the piano and with a flower in her hair, Albright, 60, staged her own version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit Don't Cry for Me Argentina.

CNN: ASIANOW - Asiaweek

She took a flower from someone in the crowd and placed it in her hair.

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