Flaunt



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.炫耀;张扬
• ［英］ v.炫耀 ( to show off proudly) ; 张扬 ( to make a gaudy, ostentatious display)
• ［记］ 分割记忆: fl看作fly+aunt ( 姑姑) , 飞一样的姑姑 -> 到处炫耀
• ［例］ to flaunt one's new furcoat. to flaunt one's charm.

Webster Collegiate

verb

• Etymology: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse flana to rush around
• Date: 1566
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to display or obtrude oneself to public notice <a great flaunting crowd — Charles Dickens>
  • 2. to wave or flutter showily <the flag flaunts in the breeze>
• transitive verb
  • 1. to display ostentatiously or impudently ; parade <flaunting his superiority>
  • 2. to treat contemptuously <flaunted the rules — Louis Untermeyer>
• Synonyms: see show
• ? flaunt noun
• ? flauntingly adverb
• ? flaunty adjective
• Usage:
  • Although transitive sense 2 of flaunt undoubtedly arose from confusion with flout, the contexts in which it appears cannot be called substandard <meting out punishment to the occasional mavericks who operate rigged games, tolerate rowdyism, or otherwise flaunt the law — Oscar Lewis><observed with horror the flaunting of their authority in the suburbs, where men…put up buildings that had no place at all in a Christian commonwealth — Marchette Chute><in our profession…very rarely do we publicly chastise a colleague who has flaunted our most basic principles — R. T. Blackburn, AAUP Bulletin>. If you use it, however, you should be aware that many people will consider it a mistake. Use of flout in the sense of flaunt 1 is found occasionally<“The proper pronunciation,” the blonde said, flouting her refined upbringing, “is pree feeks” — Mike Royko>.

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