flaunt
音标发音
- 英式音标 [flɔːnt]
- 美式音标 [flɑːnt]
- 国际音标 [flɔ:nt]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vt. 炫耀；飘扬
- vi. 飘扬；夸耀
- n. 炫耀；飘扬；招展
词根记忆
- fl(看作fly，飞) + aunt(姑姑)→到处飞的姑姑→炫耀
- “富老特”→特别富有，老是夸耀→夸耀
英汉例句
- Flaunt your age and you must not have much longer to live.
卖老要活不长的. - Abstract: Luxury consumption is always connected with motivation of flaunt.
摘要: 消费的奢侈性通常被认为与炫耀动机有关. - Why would you flaunt that on a public forum?
为什么你们会在公共论坛大肆炫耀? - One secret he learned very early on was not to flaunt his success.
他很早就学到的一个秘诀就是不要夸耀自己的成功。 - Even though Mr. B possesses unique grey matter, he does not flaunt himself.
即使B先生才智不凡, 他也不夸耀自己.
英英字典
- to show or make obvious something you are proud of in order to get admiration
- If you say that someone flaunts their possessions, abilities, or qualities, you mean that they display them in a very obvious way, especially in order to try to obtain other people's admiration.
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专业释义
- 招展