• n. 撒嬌；賣弄風騷；媚態(tài)

來自cock, 公雞。

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)]

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.

如果那女子露出點賣弄風情的品性,他就會上前去幫她理理領帶, 如果她 ‘ 吃 ’ 他那一套獻殷勤的手段, 他馬上開始用小名稱呼她了.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. She laughed, twisting her shoulder in a horrible parody of coquetry.

她笑了, 一面扭動著肩膀,做出一副肉麻的賣弄風情的姿態(tài).

來自辭典例句

3. The moment she met a man she would play the coquetry.

她一見到男人就賣弄風騷.

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4. She had lost her shame , she lost her coquetry.

她早已不怕人恥笑,現(xiàn)在連修飾的心思也沒有了.

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5. Learn to be mischievous and coquetry.

學會恰到好處地撒嬌調(diào)皮.

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