coquette
/koh-ket/US // koʊˈkɛt //UK // (kəʊˈkɛt, kɒˈkɛt) //
贵妇人,娇妻,猎艳者,贵妇
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
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- : a woman who flirts lightheartedly with men to win their admiration and affection; flirt.
v.无主动词 verb
- 1
- : to coquet.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
"I rather think you forgot Miss Warrender's presence," retorted the coquette.
A coquette is said to be an imperfect incarnation of Cupid, as she keeps her beau, and not her arrows, in a quiver.
Then, in heaven's name, do not put such a noble creature as Doa Inez on a level with a mere little trifling coquette.
I am going to be frivolous, coquette, and imagine myself a girl of the old Southern Set, when there were no new people.
A woman with one gallant thinks she is no coquette; she who has several thinks herself but a coquette.
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