flirtation

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++flir·ta·tion /flɜːˈteɪʃən $ flɜːr-/ noun  1  [countable]INTERESTED a short period of time during which you are interested in something 一时的兴趣[爱好]flirtation with He started his own business last year, after a brief flirtation with political life. 他玩过一段时间的政治之后，去年自己开了公司。2  [uncountable]SY behaviour that shows you are attracted to someone sexually 调情 She had no objection to a little mild flirtation. 她不反对来点小小的调情。3  [countable] a short sexual relationship which is not serious 短暂的风流韵事 SYN flingflirtation with She had a brief flirtation with Tim. 她和蒂姆有过一段露水情缘。

Examples from the Corpus

flirtation• His cool flirtation with death and his ambiguous fate were the stuff from which legends are born.• All the senior partners in his law firms had flirtations with coronary incidents except him.• Constanze was clearly not ill enough to be incapable of a little mild flirtation!• She had enjoyed the camaraderie of colleagues, and the mild flirtation which often underlay it.• She manages her customers expertly, often through a bantering kind of flirtation, the chief idiom of the night.brief flirtation• A brief flirtation with the Communist Party - done mainly to shock, he supposed.mild flirtation• Constanze was clearly not ill enough to be incapable of a little mild flirtation!• None the less, an element of mild flirtation makes office life more pleasant.• She had enjoyed the camaraderie of colleagues, and the mild flirtation which often underlay it.

flir·ta·tion nounChineseSyllable  

during of which a Corpus short time period

flirtation
flir‧ta‧tion /flɜːˈteɪʃən $ flɜːr-/ noun
1. [countable] a short period of time during which you are interested in something
    flirtation with
    He started his own business last year, after a brief flirtation with political life.
2. [uncountable] behaviour that shows you are attracted to someone sexually:
    She had no objection to a little mild flirtation.
3. [countable] a short sexual relationship which is not serious
   SYN  fling
    flirtation with
    She had a brief flirtation with Tim.

flir·ta·tionBrE /flɜːˈteɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /flɜːrˈteɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [countable, uncountable] ~ with sth a short period of time during which sb is involved or interested in sth, often not seriously 不认真对待；一时的参与；一时兴起；逢场作戏◆a brief and unsuccessful flirtation with the property market对房地产市场一时兴起、并不成功的介入 [uncountable] behaviour that shows you find sb sexually attractive but are not serious about them 调情◆Frank's efforts at flirtation had become tiresome to her. 弗兰克一个劲地打情骂俏已使得她非常厌倦。🔊🔊 [countable] ~ (with sb) a short sexual relationship with sb that is not taken seriously 短暂的风流韵事