把東西擺到別人眼前
兩個用法動作完全一樣，差別只在說話的人怎麼看待這個動作。
verb · C1
To show off something you have — money, success, good looks, a new thing — in a way that makes sure other people notice it. The word usually tells you the speaker does not approve.
炫耀、刻意展示
核心畫面
One way to hold this word: a flag on a pole, snapping in the wind. It is not hiding, and it is not simply hanging there — it is moving in a way that pulls your eyes to it. Now put a person in that position: the watch turned outward, the bags laid on the table, the prize mentioned twice. Flaunt is never about having the thing. It is about arranging for the thing to be seen, and that arranging is what the speaker is usually reacting to.
可以想成旗桿上的一面旗子，在風裡啪啪作響。它沒有藏起來，也不只是掛在那裡——它動的方式就是要把你的視線拉過去。現在把…更多收起
可以想成旗桿上的一面旗子，在風裡啪啪作響。它沒有藏起來，也不只是掛在那裡——它動的方式就是要把你的視線拉過去。現在把一個人放進那個位置：手錶那一面朝外、購物袋攤在桌上、獎項講了第二遍。flaunt 從來不是在講「有沒有」。它講的是把東西安排到別人眼前，而說話的人不以為然的，多半就是這個安排。From the word’s history
The packet's source entry marks the origin as uncertain, saying flaunt is of North Germanic origin and perhaps related to words meaning to show off or wander about, and to a Swedish word meaning loosely, flutteringly. The same source records an old use of flaunt for leaves and flags waving smartly in the wind, which is where the flag picture above comes from. The connection is offered as a way to see the word, not as settled history.
來源資料說這個字的來源並不確定：可能來自北歐語系，跟「招搖、四處遊蕩」以及瑞典文「鬆鬆地、飄動地」有關。同一份資料也記了一個舊用法，講的是葉子或旗子在風中俐落地飄揚——上面那個旗子的畫面就是從這裡來的。這條線索是拿來幫助理解的，不是已經確定的歷史。
Wiktionary entry for flaunt (etymology 1) supplied in evidence packet (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:514455576), including the archaic sense to wave or flutter smartly in the wind
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