Coquette
[kɒ'ket] or [ko'kɛt]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A vain, trifling woman, who endeavors to attract admiration from a desire to gratify vanity; a flirt; -- formerly sometimes applied also to men.
(n.) A tropical humming bird of the genus Lophornis, with very elegant neck plumes. Several species are known. See Illustration under Spangle, v. t.
校對:佩德罗
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Flirt, jilt.
整理:卢修斯
例句/造句/用法:
- St. Pierreelle a l'air d'une vieille coquette qui fait l'ingénue. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Et Mademoiselle Lucy est coquette comme dix Parisiennes, he answered. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- There should be a little filigree about a woman--something of the coquette. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- The play--a mere trifle--ran chiefly on the efforts of a brace of rivals to gain the hand of a fair coquette. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Petite chatte, doucerette, coquette! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Of what color, you coquette,—red for love, or white for silence? 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Napier called her a coquette, and a false deceiver, reminding her of her promise to allow him to see her home. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- But I am afraid she is a coquette, or else it is a woman's way of provoking love. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Fanny is the sweetest creature on earth; but you are all a race of finished coquettes, who delight in making fools of people. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
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