coquette

Word family nouncoquetrycoquettecoquettishnessadjectivecoquettishadverbcoquettishlyverbcoquet

co·quette /kəʊˈket, kɒ- $ koʊ-/ noun [countableC] literary

SYTALK TO somebodya woman who frequently tries to attract the attention of men without having sincere feelings for them 卖弄风情的女人 SYN flirt

—coquettish adjectiveadj

—coquettishly adverbadv

Examples from the Corpus

coquette• She was not a coquette, he had decided.• The demeanour of a virgin can be converted into that of a coquette.• And she knew that she wasn't helping matters by playing the coquette with André, but suddenly she didn't care.

Origin coquette

(1600-1700) French feminine form of coquet; → COQUETRY

单词	coquette
释义	coquette Word family nouncoquetrycoquettecoquettishnessadjectivecoquettishadverbcoquettishlyverbcoquet co·quette /kəʊˈket, kɒ- $ koʊ-/ noun [countableC] literary SYTALK TO somebodya woman who frequently tries to attract the attention of men without having sincere feelings for them 卖弄风情的女人 SYN flirt —coquettish adjectiveadj —coquettishly adverbadv Examples from the Corpus coquette• She was not a coquette, he had decided.• The demeanour of a virgin can be converted into that of a coquette.• And she knew that she wasn't helping matters by playing the coquette with André, but suddenly she didn't care. Origin coquette (1600-1700) French feminine form of coquet; → COQUETRY
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