(尤指以炫耀为目的)展示、夸示;招摇。常含“显摆、卖弄”的语气。(另有较少见用法:轻视/无视规则而公然违背。)
/flɔːnt/
She likes to flaunt her new phone.
她喜欢炫耀她的新手机。
Rather than quietly enjoying his success, he flaunted it in every conversation, which annoyed his friends.
他不愿低调享受成功,反而在每次谈话中都拿来炫耀,这让朋友们很反感。
“flaunt”在16世纪开始出现,来源并不完全确定;许多学者认为它可能与“flout(嘲弄、蔑视并违背)”在历史上有混用或相互影响。现代英语中更常见的是“炫耀、招摇”的含义。