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A coquette is a woman who often tries to catch men’s eyes — smiles, teasing talk, little shows of interest — without sincere feeling for them. The word is borrowed from French and feels old-fashioned. It can sound , as if you are putting her down. People still use it in books, and sometimes with a small joke in the voice. Though actually, English once had coquet for a man who did the same, but you almost never hear that now. This is a loaded word. It belongs in stories more than in a remark about someone sitting next to you.
賣弄風情的女人
組成Borrowed from French coquette.
同家族的字
- coquetrythe behaviour of a coquette
- coquettishthe adjective: in that teasing manner
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
coquettenoun/kɒˈkɛt/
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A woman who flirts or plays with people's affections.
- Though, I confeſs, Paris has its Charms; but to me they are like thoſe of a Coquette, gay and gavvdy; they ſerve to amuſe vvith, but a Man vvould not chuſe to be marry'd to them.
- She was a big, sexy brunette—as Garcia said, «Something straight out of Degas,» and generally like a beautiful Parisian coquette.
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Any hummingbird in the genus Lophornis.
coquetteadj/kɒˈkɛt/
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Of or relating to a feminine style of clothing involving ribbons, frills, and bows.
- Frills, lace, bows, hearts, and ribbon (in excess!) are all part of the coquette look. […]”
- Are you a Lana Del Rey fan who lives for ultra-romantic fashion pieces and clings to trends that involve ribbons, lace, and Bridgerton-esque motifs? Then the coquette aesthetic is most definitely for you. […]”
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。