Word · Frequency #11807
flirt
调情；卖弄风情
playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
- 1.
A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion
突然的猛拉；快速投掷；急速移动。
- 2.
Someone who flirts a lot or enjoys flirting; a flirtatious person.
经常调情或喜欢调情的人；卖弄风情的人。
- 3.
An act of flirting.
调情的举动。
- 4.
A tentative or brief, passing engagement with something.
对某事物的尝试性或短暂的接触。
突然的猛拉；快速投掷；急速移动。；经常调情或喜欢调情的人；卖弄风情的人。；调情的举动。；对某事物的尝试性或短暂的接触。；卖弄风骚的人
In use
She likes to flirt with her colleague at the office party.
He was flirting with the waitress until his girlfriend arrived.
They flirted for a while before exchanging phone numbers.
flirt with sb
flirt with 后接人，表示以轻松、非认真的态度调情；常用于进行时。
She was flirting with the waiter.
她在和侍者调情。
flirt with sth
flirt with sth 也可表示“不认真地考虑或涉足某事”，如 danger、idea 等。
He flirted with the idea of moving abroad.
他曾动过移居国外的念头。
be a flirt
flirt 作名词时指“爱调情的人”，常与 be 连用，可带 a bit of 等修饰。
Everyone knows she's a flirt.
Connections
Collocations
- flirt with someone
- 与某人调情
- He was flirting with the waitress all evening.他整个晚上都在和那位女服务员调情。
- flirt with the idea of [doing something]
- 有…的念头；考虑做…
- I've been flirting with the idea of changing my job.我一直在考虑换工作。
- flirt with danger
- 冒险；玩火
- Driving so fast on icy roads is flirting with danger.在结冰的路面上开这么快简直是玩命。
- be a flirt
- 爱调情的人；卖弄风骚的人
- She's a flirt, but she doesn't mean anything serious.她爱调情，但不是认真的。
- flirt back
- 回应对方的调情
- When he smiled at her, she flirted back.当他对她笑时，她也回以调情。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象一下：flirt 里的 i 是一只眼睛，r 是上扬的嘴角——这个画面就是在调情。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：dating、social events、workplace 多用于日常对话和社交场合，表示轻松地与人调情；属于中性的日常用词，正式写作中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 flirt 真正押韵的词为 hurt、shirt、dirt、blurt，它们的读音都以 /əːt/ 结尾，虽然拼写有 -irt 和 -urt 两种。flit（/flɪt/）和 first（/fəːst/）拼写看似接近，但发音不同：flit 的元音是 /ɪ/，first 以 /st/ 结尾，均不与 flirt 押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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