coquet
v. 卖弄风情 a. 卖弄风情的 n. 卖弄风情
发音
/ˈkɒk.ɛt/
词形变化
coquets
复数
coquets
coquets
三单
coquetted
coquetting
coquetting
现在分词
coquetted
过去式
coquetted
过去分词
别名
coquette
释义与例句
n.
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1.
A flirtatious female; a coquette.
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2.
A flirtatious male.
废旧
v.
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1.
To act as a flirt or coquet.
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2.
To waste time; to dally.
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3.
To attempt to attract the notice, admiration, or love of; to treat with a show of tenderness or regard, with a view to deceive and disappoint; to lead on.
November 26, 1725, Jonathan Swift, letter to Alexander Pope You [are] coquetting a maid of honour.
词汇关系
词源
Borrowed from French coquet (“little cockerel”), from coq (“cockerel”) + -et (“masculine diminutive suffix”).
来源:wiktionary