coquetry的意思

coquetry

英式音标['kokɪtri]
美式英标['kɒkɪtrɪ; 'kəʊ-]

基本解释

n. 撒娇；卖弄风骚；媚态

中文词源

coquetry 媚态

来自cock, 公鸡。

英文词源

coquetry (n.): 1650s, from French coquetterie, from coqueter (v.), from coquet (see coquet).
Coquetry whets the appetite; flirtation depraves it .... [Donald Grant Mitchell (1822-1908)]

实用例句

1. If she showed any tendency to coquetry he would be apt to straighten her tie, or if she " took up " with him at all, to call her by her first name.: 如果那女子露出点卖弄风情的品性,他就会上前去帮她理理领带, 如果她 ‘ 吃 ’ 他那一套献殷勤的手段, 他马上开始用小名称呼她了.

2. She laughed, twisting her shoulder in a horrible parody of coquetry.: 她笑了, 一面扭动着肩膀,做出一副肉麻的卖弄风情的姿态.

3. The moment she met a man she would play the coquetry.: 她一见到男人就卖弄风骚.

4. She had lost her shame , she lost her coquetry.: 她早已不怕人耻笑,现在连修饰的心思也没有了.

5. Learn to be mischievous and coquetry.: 学会恰到好处地撒娇调皮.

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