卖弄

She wiggled her hips seductively as she walked.

她走路时卖弄风情地扭着屁股。

I hate to see posers showing off.

我最恨看装腔作势卖弄。

He is learned, but neither stuffy nor pedantic.

他很博学,但既不妄自尊大也不卖弄学问。

She is a flirt.

她是个卖弄风情。

As a bel esprit he despised pedantry whether in a man or in a bluestocking.

作为一个才子, 他看不起卖弄学问作风, 不管种作风是由男还是才子所表现出来。

If she showed any tendency to coquetry he would be apt to straighten her tie, or if she “took up” with him at all, to call her by her first name.

如子露出点卖弄风情品性，他就会上前去帮她理理领带,如她‘吃’他一套献殷勤手段，他马上开始用小名称呼她了。

Men who used forks were thought to be sissies, and women who used them were called show-off sand overnice, Not until the late 1600's did using a fork become a common custom.

用叉男们被认为是脂粉气太重，们则被指摘为卖弄、炫耀和过分讲究。直到17世纪后期，用叉进食才成为一种风俗。