coquetry

来自cock, 公鸡。

coquetry (n.)

1650s, from French coquetterie, from coqueter (v.), from coquet (see coquet).

Coquetry whets the appetite; flirtation depraves it .... [Donald Grant Mitchell (1822-1908)]

1. If she showed any tendency to coquetry he would be apt to straighten her tie, or if she " took up " with him at all, to call her by her first name.

如果那女子露出点卖弄风情的品性,他就会上前去帮她理理领带, 如果她 ‘ 吃 ’ 他那一套献殷勤的手段, 他马上开始用小名称呼她了.

2. She laughed, twisting her shoulder in a horrible parody of coquetry.

她笑了, 一面扭动着肩膀,做出一副肉麻的卖弄风情的姿态.

3. The moment she met a man she would play the coquetry.

她一见到男人就卖弄风骚.

4. She had lost her shame , she lost her coquetry.

她早已不怕人耻笑,现在连修饰的心思也没有了.

5. Learn to be mischievous and coquetry.

学会恰到好处地撒娇调皮.