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- no obj. behave as though attracted to or trying to attract someone, but for amusement rather than with serious intentions调情, 卖弄风情：
it amused him to flirt with her.
和她调情让他感到有趣。
1.1
flirt with
experiment with or show a superficial interest in (an idea, activity, or movement) without committing oneself to it seriously（对想法、活动或运动）浅尝, 粗浅涉猎：a painter who had flirted briefly with Cubism.
一度对立体主义有过短暂兴趣的画家。
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flirt with
deliberately expose oneself to (danger or difficulty)故意使自己遭受（危险, 困难）：the need of some individuals to flirt with death.
一些人对故意玩儿命的需要。
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- with obj.(of a bird) wave or open and shut (its wings or tail) with a quick flicking motion（鸟）轻快地扇动（翅膀）, 摆动（尾巴）。
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- no obj., with adverbial of direction move to and fro with a flicking or fluttering motion轻快来回摇晃（或摆动）：
the lark was flirting around the site.
那只云雀绕着那个地方轻快地扇动翅膀, 不停地飞着。
- a person who habitually flirts惯于调情的人, 经常卖弄风骚者。
派生词
flirtation
nounflirtatious
adjectiveflirtatiously
adverbflirtatiousness
nounflirty
adjective （flirtier, flirtiest）词源
mid 16th cent.: apparently symbolic, the elements fl- and -irt both suggesting sudden movement; compare with FLICK and SPURT. The original verb senses were give someone a sharp blow and 'sneer at'; the earliest noun senses were 'joke, gibe' and 'flighty girl' （defined by Dr Johnson as a 'pert young hussey'）, with a notion originally of cheeky behaviour, later of playfully amorous behaviour.