Jilt
[dʒɪlt]
解释:
(noun.) a woman who jilts a lover.
(verb.) cast aside capriciously or unfeelingly; 'jilt a lover or a bride'.
弗朗西丝编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A woman who capriciously deceives her lover; a coquette; a flirt.
(v. t.) To cast off capriciously or unfeeling, as a lover; to deceive in love.
(v. i.) To play the jilt; to practice deception in love; to discard lovers capriciously.
整理:肯尼思
同义词及近义词:
n. Coquette, flirt.
v. a. Trick or deceive (by playing the jilt).
v. n. Play the jilt.
校对:罗杰
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Flirt, coquette
整理:拉尔夫
解释:
n. a woman who encourages a lover and then rejects him.—v.t. to encourage and then discard a lover.
编辑:罗德里克
例句:
- Black-eyed little jilt! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- He is a pleasant fellow, and would jilt you creditably. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- In plain English, it's your sovereign will and pleasure, Miss Verinder, to jilt my son? 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- The time has gone by, when you could mortify me by calling me a jilt. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- Why, the man was weary of you, and would have jilted you, but that Dobbin forced him to keep his word. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- It is too ridiculous that such a girl as Thomasin could so mortify us as to get jilted on the wedding day. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- I know what it is to be jilted, Sir; I have endured that sort of thing three or four times. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- That would leave you time to misbehave, and then if I liked some one else better, I should have an excuse for jilting you. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
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