flaunt
英語
編輯發音
編輯- (標準英音) 國際音標(幫助): /flɔːnt/
- (some accents) 國際音標(幫助): /flɑːnt/
- (通用美式) 國際音標(幫助): /flɔnt/
- (cot–caught 合併) 國際音標(幫助): /flɒnt/, /flɑnt/
(美國)音頻: (檔案) (澳洲)音頻: (檔案) - 韻部:-ɔːnt, -ɑːnt
詞源 1
編輯源自北日耳曼語支。可能與挪威語 flanta (「炫耀,四處走」)、冰島語 flana (「四處走,匆匆忙忙」)和法語 flâner (「四處走,晃蕩」)有關。
還有說法稱,其可能與瑞典語 flankt (「松垮地」)(對比英語 flaunt-a-flaunt)有關,其源自flanka (「搖晃」),其為flakka (「搖擺」)的鼻音化變體,與中古英語 flacken (「來回走,顫動」)有關。還見flack。
其他形式
編輯動詞
編輯flaunt (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 flaunts,現在分詞 flaunting,一般過去時及過去分詞 flaunted)
- (不及物,古舊) 隨風飄蕩
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Library of America, 出版於 1985,第 26 頁:
- The house came into sight, above the cedar grove beyond whose black interstices an apple orchard flaunted in the sunny afternoon.
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- (及物) 炫耀,標榜
- She’s always flaunting her designer clothes.
- 她老炫耀她的名牌衣服。
- 2017年6月7日, Adam Lusher, 「Adnan Khashoggi: the 'whoremonger' whose arms deals funded a playboy life of decadence and 'pleasure wives'」, 出自 The Independent[1], London:
- Never one to miss an opportunity to flaunt his wealth, Khashoggi let his yacht be used for the 1983 Bond film Never Say Never Again.
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- (不及物,古舊或書面) (以穿着華麗等方式)炫耀
- Template:RQ:Arbuthnot Law
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- 1856, Dinah Craik, John Halifax, Chapter VI:
- [T]he younger belles had begun to flaunt in the French fashions of flimsy muslins, shortwaisted— narrow-skirted.
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用法說明
編輯- 勿與flout相混淆。
衍生詞彙
編輯名詞
編輯flaunt (複數 flaunts)
詞源 2
編輯動詞
編輯flaunt (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 flaunts,現在分詞 flaunting,一般過去時及過去分詞 flaunted)
- (不推薦使用) flout (「嘲笑,輕視」)之同義詞
- 2001, Susan Stryker, Queer Pulp,第 22 頁:
- By that late date, however, the golden age of the lurid paperback book was pretty much over, and the sort of punishment meted out to Aday and Maxey for flaunting the sexual mores of a McCarthyite culture would soon be a thing of the past.
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