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》