flaunt

英语

发音

• (標準英音) 國際音標^(幫助): /flɔːnt/
• (some accents) 國際音標^(幫助): /flɑːnt/
• (通用美式) 國際音標^(幫助): /flɔnt/
• (cot–caught 合併) 國際音標^(幫助): /flɒnt/, /flɑnt/

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• 韻部：-ɔːnt, -ɑːnt

词源 1

源自北日耳曼語支。可能与挪威語 flanta (“炫耀，四处走”)、冰島語 flana (“四处走，匆匆忙忙”)和法語 flâner (“四处走，晃荡”)有关。

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

其他形式

• flant (棄用)

动词

flaunt (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 flaunts，現在分詞 flaunting，一般過去時及過去分詞 flaunted)

1. (不及物，古舊) 随风飘荡
   • 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Library of America, 出版於 1985，第 26 頁:

     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年6月7日, 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，古舊或書面) （以穿着华丽等方式）炫耀
   • Template:RQ:Arbuthnot Law
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   • 1856, Dinah Craik, John Halifax, Chapter VI:

     [T]he younger belles had begun to flaunt in the French fashions of flimsy muslins, shortwaisted— narrow-skirted.

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用法说明

• 勿与flout相混淆。

衍生词汇

• if you've got it, flaunt it

名词

flaunt (複數 flaunts)

1. (棄用) 炫耀物品
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词源 2

动词

flaunt (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 flaunts，現在分詞 flaunting，一般過去時及過去分詞 flaunted)

1. (不推薦使用) flout (“嘲笑，轻视”)之同義詞
   • 2001, Susan Stryker, Queer Pulp，第 22 頁:

     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年1月20日, 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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