英语单词

coquetry是什么意思

coquetry

英 ['kɒkɪtrɪ; 'kəʊ-] 美 ['kokɪtri]
  • 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)]

双语例句


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.

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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.

来自辞典例句

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

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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.

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

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