flat.ter 1

flatter的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˈflætə]
KK音标发音： [ˈflætɚ]

flatter的词性：
v.（动词）

flatter的词性：
v.tr.（及物动词）

1. To compliment excessively and often insincerely, especially in order to win favor.
奉承：尤指为了博得欢心的过分地且常常为不真诚地赞扬

2. To please or gratify the vanity of:
取悦：使愉快或满足虚荣心：

“What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering”(George Bernard Shaw)
“真正令一个人愉快的是你认为他值得奉承”(乔治·伯纳德·肖)

3. To portray favorably:
显得比本人漂亮：

a photograph that flatters its subject.
一张拍得比本人漂亮的照片

4. To show off becomingly or advantageously.
炫耀：适当地或过分地显示

flatter的词性：
v.intr.（不及物动词）

5. To practice flattery.
进行奉承

flatter的词源：

6. Middle English flateren
中古英语 flateren

7. from Old French flater
源自 古法语 flater

8. [of Germanic origin] * see plat-
[源于日耳曼语] *参见 plat-

flatter的词性：
n.（名词）

flatter的词性：
adv.（副词）

flat.ter 2

flatter的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˈflætə]
KK音标发音： [ˈflætɚ]

flatter的词性：
n.（名词）

9. A flat-faced swage or hammer used by blacksmiths.
平整工具：铁匠用的一种平面铁模或铁锤

10. A die plate for flattening metal into strips, as in the manufacture of watch springs.
扁条拉模：一种用来拉平钢条的模板，如用于生产手表发条的模板