flaunt
verb🔊/flɔːnt/
🔊/flɔːnt/
(disapproving)Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they flaunt | 🔊/flɔːnt/ 🔊/flɔːnt/ |
| he / she / it flaunts | 🔊/flɔːnts/ 🔊/flɔːnts/ |
| past simple flaunted | 🔊/ˈflɔːntɪd/ 🔊/ˈflɔːntɪd/ |
| past participle flaunted | 🔊/ˈflɔːntɪd/ 🔊/ˈflɔːntɪd/ |
| -ing form flaunting | 🔊/ˈflɔːntɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈflɔːntɪŋ/ |
- flaunt something
to show something you are proud of to other people, in order to impress them 炫耀；夸示；夸耀；卖弄 He did not believe in flaunting his wealth. 他不赞成摆阔。 🔊🔊 She openly flaunted her affair with the senator. 她公开夸耀与参议员的恋情。 🔊🔊 openly flaunting their wealth 公开炫耀他们的财富
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- openly
- proudly
- in front of
- flaunt yourself
to behave in a confident and sexual way to attract attention （性感地）招摇过市
Word Originmid 16th cent.: of unknown origin.
Idioms
if you’ve got it, flaunt it
- (humorous, saying)
used to tell somebody that they should not be afraid of allowing other people to see their qualities and abilities 有什么能耐施展出来瞧瞧