flair
英[fleə]
美[flɛr]
- n. 天资；天分；资质；鉴别力
- n. 人名；(法)弗莱尔
助记提示
1. 飞在边缘是小鸟(fledge => fledgling)，飞入湖中是雪花(flake), 飞在空中是本能(flair)，飞来的姑姑在炫耀(flaunt).
2. 飞在空中.
3. Flair－→fl→(fly飞)+air(天空)→fly in the air→天高任鸟飞(鸟在此指有天赋者) n.天赋,眼光
中文词源
flair 天资，天赋
来自拉丁语fragrare, 释放气味，闻，词源同fragrant. 字母l和r异化。原指猎狗的灵敏的嗅觉，后形容人的特殊能力，天资。
英文词源
- flair (n.)
- mid-14c., "an odor," from Old French flaire "odor or scent," especially in hunting, "fragrance, sense of smell," from flairier "to give off an odor; stink; smell sweetly" (Modern French flairer), from Vulgar Latin *flagrare, dissimilated from Latin fragrare "emit (a sweet) odor" (see fragrant). Sense of "special aptitude" is American English, 1925, probably from hunting and the notion of a hound's ability to track scent.
双语例句
- 1. Campese was his usual mixture of flamboyance and flair.
- 坎佩塞和平常一样穿着时尚新潮。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Their work has all the usual punch, panache and flair you'dexpect.
- 他们的作品一如既往地引人入胜、气韵潇洒、新颖别致，不会让你失望。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. He was a born mechanic with a flair for design.
- 他生来就是个有设计天赋的机械师。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Democracy and entrepreneurial flair often sit uneasily together.
- 民主与创业才干常常不能融洽地并存。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. He has a flair for languages.
- 他有学语言的天分。
来自《权威词典》