flirt

verb

🔊/flɜːt/

🔊/flɜːrt/

[intransitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they flirt	🔊/flɜːt/ 🔊/flɜːrt/
he / she / it flirts	🔊/flɜːts/ 🔊/flɜːrts/
past simple flirted	🔊/ˈflɜːtɪd/ 🔊/ˈflɜːrtɪd/
past participle flirted	🔊/ˈflɜːtɪd/ 🔊/ˈflɜːrtɪd/
-ing form flirting	🔊/ˈflɜːtɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈflɜːrtɪŋ/

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flirt (with somebody) to behave towards somebody as if you find them sexually attractive, without seriously wanting to have a relationship with them调情
- He flirts outrageously with his female clients.他肆无忌惮地跟他的女客户调情。
Topics Family and relationshipsc1
Word Originmid 16th cent.: apparently symbolic, the elements fl- and -irt both suggesting sudden movement; compare with flick and spurt. The original verb senses were ‘give someone a sharp blow’ and ‘sneer at’; the earliest noun senses were ‘joke, jibe’ and ‘flighty girl’ (defined by Dr Johnson as ‘a pert young hussey’), with a notion originally of cheeky behaviour, later of playfully amorous behaviour.

noun

🔊/flɜːt/

🔊/flɜːrt/

[usually singular]

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a person who flirts with a lot of people与多人调情的人
- She's a real flirt.她是个打情骂俏的老手。🔊🔊
Topics Family and relationshipsc1
Word Originmid 16th cent.: apparently symbolic, the elements fl- and -irt both suggesting sudden movement; compare with flick and spurt. The original verb senses were ‘give someone a sharp blow’ and ‘sneer at’; the earliest noun senses were ‘joke, jibe’ and ‘flighty girl’ (defined by Dr Johnson as ‘a pert young hussey’), with a notion originally of cheeky behaviour, later of playfully amorous behaviour.