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单词 flâneur
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Definition of flâneur in English:

flâneur

nounPlural flâneurs flanœʀflaˈnəːflɑˈnər
  • A man who saunters around observing society.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Baudelaire was a flâneur himself, and drifted through the streets of Paris in between writing poems and spending his trust fund on dandy outfits and opium.
    • Manet was the gentleman flâneur personified and his paintings portray the leisure activities of Parisian life.
    • The boy is a weak and uncomfortable presence, too young for his clothes, perhaps, and certainly too young to adopt the casual air of the flâneur he's attempting.
    • Before he could marry Ursula he had a long-standing lover to get rid of, an office to close and a delightful life as a left-wing flâneur to turn his back on.
    • Andrew Norton, a disillusioned flâneur, novelist and bookseller lives in Hackney.

Origin

French, from flâner 'saunter, lounge'.

Rhymes

à deux, agent provocateur, astir, auteur, aver, bestir, blur, bon viveur, burr, Chandigarh, coiffeur, concur, confer, connoisseur, cordon-bleu, cri de cœur, cur, danseur, Darfur, defer, demur, de rigueur, deter, entrepreneur, er, err, farceur, faute de mieux, fir, Fleur, force majeure, fur, hauteur, her, infer, inter, jongleur, Kerr, littérateur, longueur, masseur, Monseigneur, monsieur, Montesquieu, Montreux, murre, myrrh, occur, pas de deux, Pasteur, per, pisteur, poseur, pot-au-feu, prefer, prie-dieu, pudeur, purr, raconteur, rapporteur, refer, répétiteur, restaurateur, saboteur, sabreur, seigneur, Sher, shirr, sir, skirr, slur, souteneur, spur, stir, tant mieux, transfer, Ur, vieux jeu, voyageur, voyeur, were, whirr

Definition of flâneur in US English:

flâneur

(also flaneur)
nounflɑˈnərfläˈnər
  • An idler or lounger.

    游手好闲者,虚度时光者;闲人

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The boy is a weak and uncomfortable presence, too young for his clothes, perhaps, and certainly too young to adopt the casual air of the flâneur he's attempting.
    • Before he could marry Ursula he had a long-standing lover to get rid of, an office to close and a delightful life as a left-wing flâneur to turn his back on.
    • Baudelaire was a flâneur himself, and drifted through the streets of Paris in between writing poems and spending his trust fund on dandy outfits and opium.
    • Manet was the gentleman flâneur personified and his paintings portray the leisure activities of Parisian life.
    • Andrew Norton, a disillusioned flâneur, novelist and bookseller lives in Hackney.

Origin

French, from flâner ‘saunter, lounge’.

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