flaunt

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源自北日耳曼语支。可能与挪威语 flanta (炫耀,四处走)冰岛语 flana (四处走,匆匆忙忙)法语 flâner (四处走,晃荡)有关。

还有说法称,其可能与瑞典语 flankt (松垮地)(对比英语 flaunt-a-flaunt)有关,其源自flanka (摇晃),其为flakka (摇摆)的鼻音化变体,与中古英语 flacken (来回走,颤动)有关。还见flack

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flaunt (第三人称单数简单现在时 flaunts,现在分词 flaunting,一般过去时及过去分词 flaunted)

  1. (不及物古旧) 随风飘荡
    • 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Library of America, 出版于 1985,页号 26:
      The house came into sight, above the cedar grove beyond whose black interstices an apple orchard flaunted in the sunny afternoon.
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  2. (及物) 炫耀标榜
    She’s always flaunting her designer clothes.
    她老炫耀她的名牌衣服。
    • 2017 6月 7, Adam Lusher, “Adnan Khashoggi: the 'whoremonger' whose arms deals funded a playboy life of decadence and 'pleasure wives'”, 出自 The Independent[1], London:
      Never one to miss an opportunity to flaunt his wealth, Khashoggi let his yacht be used for the 1983 Bond film Never Say Never Again.
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  3. (不及物古旧书面) (以穿着华丽等方式)炫耀
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flaunt (复数 flaunts)

  1. (弃用) 炫耀物品

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flaunt (第三人称单数简单现在时 flaunts,现在分词 flaunting,一般过去时及过去分词 flaunted)

  1. (不推荐使用) flout (嘲笑,轻视)之同义词
    • 2001, Susan Stryker, Queer Pulp,页号 22:
      By that late date, however, the golden age of the lurid paperback book was pretty much over, and the sort of punishment meted out to Aday and Maxey for flaunting the sexual mores of a McCarthyite culture would soon be a thing of the past.
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    • 2017 1月 20, David Shepardson, “Outgoing FCC chair warns against overturning net neutrality”, 出自 Reuters[2]:
      Wheeler said companies already are flaunting the rules by offering free or sponsored data services for some products.
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