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.
  1. 1.

    A flirtatious female; a coquette.

  2. 2.

    A flirtatious male.

    废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    To act as a flirt or coquet.

  2. 2.

    To waste time; to dally.

  3. 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