Flirt



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.挑逗, 调戏
• ［英］ v.挑逗, 调戏 ( to pay amorous attention to someone; play at love)
• ［例］ flirt with girls

Webster Collegiate

I. verb

• Etymology: origin unknown
• Date: 1580
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to move erratically ; flit
  • 2.
    • a. to behave amorously without serious intent
    • b. to show superficial or casual interest or liking <flirted with the idea>; also experiment <a novelist flirting with poetry>
  • 3. to come close to reaching or experiencing something — used with with<flirting with disaster><the temperature flirted with 100°>
• transitive verb
  • 1. flick
  • 2. to move in a jerky manner
• Synonyms: see trifle
• ? flirtation noun
• ? flirter noun
• ? flirty adjective

II. noun

• Date: circa 1590
• 1. an act or instance of flirting
• 2. a person who flirts

记忆

Fly+ skirt 飞扬的裙子，调戏，挑逗

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