名詞 flaunt:

1. the act of displaying something ostentatiously

動(dòng)詞 flaunt:

1. display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
   同義詞：flash, show off, ostentate, swank

1. Inclined to flaunt; ostentatious.
   炫耀的，虛華的傾向于炫耀的; 賣弄的
2. Flags are flaunting in the breeze.
   旗子在微風(fēng)中飄揚(yáng)。
3. She flaunts her new clothes.
   她炫耀自己的新衣服。
4. He's always flaunting his wealth.
   他總是擺闊。

flaunt

v.（動(dòng)詞）
flaunt.ed,flaunt.ing,flaunts
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To exhibit ostentatiously or shamelessly:
炫耀：賣弄地或厚顏無恥地展示：
例句：
flaunts his knowledge.See Synonyms at show
炫耀他的知識(shí)參見 show

Usage Problem To show contempt for; scorn.
【用法疑難】 表示輕蔑；蔑視
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To parade oneself ostentatiously; show oneself off.
炫耀：賣弄似地展示自己；炫耀自己
To wave grandly:
張揚(yáng)：神氣活現(xiàn)地晃動(dòng)：
例句：
pennants flaunting in the wind.
迎風(fēng)招展的三角旗

來源：
[Origin unknown]
[詞源不明]

【引伸】
flaunt.er
n.（名詞）
flaunt.ingly
adv.（副詞）
Flaunt as a transitive verb means .to exhibit ostentatiously.:
Flaunt 作及物動(dòng)詞用時(shí)意思是.賣弄似地展示.：
例句：
She flaunted her diamonds.
她炫耀著她的鉆石。

Toflout is .to show contempt for.:
flout 是.對(duì)…表示蔑視.：
例句：
She flouted the proprieties.
她對(duì)禮節(jié)不屑一顧。

For some time nowflaunt has been used in the sense .to show contempt for,. even by educated users of English.This usage is still widely seen as erroneousand is best avoided.
很長(zhǎng)一段時(shí)間以來flaunt 已被用作表示.對(duì)…表示蔑視，. 就連有教養(yǎng)的英國(guó)人也這樣用。這種用法仍被普遍看作是錯(cuò)誤的，最好避免使用