flirtation

Word family nounflirtationflirtingadjectiveflirtatiousflirtishflirtyadverbflirtatiouslyflirtinglyverbflirt

flir·ta·tion /flɜːˈteɪʃən $ flɜːr-/ noun

1 [countableC]INTERESTED a short period of time during which you are interested in something 一时的兴趣[爱好]

flirtation with

He started his own business last year, after a brief flirtation with political life.

他玩过一段时间的政治之后，去年自己开了公司。

2 [uncountableU]SY behaviour that shows you are attracted to someone sexually 调情

She had no objection to a little mild flirtation.

她不反对来点小小的调情。

3 [countableC] a short sexual relationship which is not serious 短暂的风流韵事 SYN fling

flirtation with

She had a brief flirtation with Tim.

她和蒂姆有过一段露水情缘。

Examples from the Corpus

flirtation• His cool flirtation with death and his ambiguous fate were the stuff from which legends are born.• All the senior partners in his law firms had flirtations with coronary incidents except him.• Constanze was clearly not ill enough to be incapable of a little mild flirtation!• She had enjoyed the camaraderie of colleagues, and the mild flirtation which often underlay it.• She manages her customers expertly, often through a bantering kind of flirtation, the chief idiom of the night.

brief flirtation• A brief flirtation with the Communist Party - done mainly to shock, he supposed.

mild flirtation• Constanze was clearly not ill enough to be incapable of a little mild flirtation!• None the less, an element of mild flirtation makes office life more pleasant.• She had enjoyed the camaraderie of colleagues, and the mild flirtation which often underlay it.

词汇	flirtation
释义	flirtation Word family nounflirtationflirtingadjectiveflirtatiousflirtishflirtyadverbflirtatiouslyflirtinglyverbflirt flir·ta·tion /flɜːˈteɪʃən $ flɜːr-/ noun 1 [countableC]INTERESTED a short period of time during which you are interested in something 一时的兴趣[爱好] flirtation with He started his own business last year, after a brief flirtation with political life. 他玩过一段时间的政治之后，去年自己开了公司。 2 [uncountableU]SY behaviour that shows you are attracted to someone sexually 调情 She had no objection to a little mild flirtation. 她不反对来点小小的调情。 3 [countableC] a short sexual relationship which is not serious 短暂的风流韵事 SYN fling flirtation with She had a brief flirtation with Tim. 她和蒂姆有过一段露水情缘。 Examples from the Corpus flirtation• His cool flirtation with death and his ambiguous fate were the stuff from which legends are born.• All the senior partners in his law firms had flirtations with coronary incidents except him.• Constanze was clearly not ill enough to be incapable of a little mild flirtation!• She had enjoyed the camaraderie of colleagues, and the mild flirtation which often underlay it.• She manages her customers expertly, often through a bantering kind of flirtation, the chief idiom of the night. brief flirtation• A brief flirtation with the Communist Party - done mainly to shock, he supposed. mild flirtation• Constanze was clearly not ill enough to be incapable of a little mild flirtation!• None the less, an element of mild flirtation makes office life more pleasant.• She had enjoyed the camaraderie of colleagues, and the mild flirtation which often underlay it.
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