flaunt
verb (disapproving)Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they flaunt | |
| he / she / it flaunts | |
| past simple flaunted | |
| past participle flaunted | |
| -ing form flaunting |
- flaunt something
to show something you are proud of to other people, in order to impress them 炫耀；夸示；夸耀；卖弄 He did not believe in flaunting his wealth. 他不赞成摆阔。 She openly flaunted her affair with the senator. 她公开夸耀与参议员的恋情。 openly flaunting their wealth 公开炫耀他们的财富
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- openly
- proudly
- in front of
- flaunt yourself
to behave in a confident and sexual way to attract attention （性感地）招摇过市
Word Originmid 16th cent.: of unknown origin.
Idioms
if you’ve got it, flaunt it
- (humorous, saying)
used to tell somebody that they should not be afraid of allowing other people to see their qualities and abilities 有什么能耐施展出来瞧瞧