flaunt
flaunt 英 [flɔ:nt] 美 [flɔnt]
v. 炫耀；卖弄
进行时:flaunting 过去式:flaunted 过去分词:flaunted 第三人称单数:flaunts 名词复数:flaunts
- Flaunt is "to display proudly or show off," like when you flaunt your new Italian leather jacket by wearing it to the beach and pretending you're cold to make sure everyone sees it.
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- v. 炫耀；卖弄
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1. He did not believe in flaunting his wealth.
他不相信摆阔有什么好处。
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2. She openly flaunted her affair with the senator.
她公开夸耀与参议员的恋情。
- flaunt (n.) 1620s, "act or habit of flaunting," from flaunt (v.).
- flaunt (v.) 1560s, "to display oneself in flashy clothes," of unknown origin. Perhaps a variant of flout or vaunt. Perhaps from Scandinavian, where the nearest form seems to be Swedish dialectal flankt "loosely, flutteringly," from flakka "to waver" (related to flag (v.1)). It looks French, but it corresponds to no known French word. Transitive sense, "flourish (something), show off, make an ostentatious or brazen display of" is from 1827. Related: Flaunted; flaunting; Flauntingly.
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