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单词 philander
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
phi•lan•der /fɪˈlændɚ/USA pronunciation   v. [no object]
  1. (of a man) to make love with many women whom one will not marry or about whom one does not feel deeply.
phi•lan•der•er, n. [countable]See -andro-, -phil-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
phi•lan•der  (fi landər),USA pronunciation v.i. 
  1. (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry;
    carry on flirtations.
  • Greek phílandros one who loves (of a woman, loving her husband); see philo-, andro-; later used in fiction as a proper name for a lover, and apparently mistaken as "a man who loves''
  • 1675–85
phi•lander•er, n. 
    trifle, dally, womanize.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
philander /fɪˈlændə/ vb
  1. (intransitive) often followed by with: (of a man) to flirt with women
Etymology: 17th Century: from Greek philandros fond of men, from philos loving +anēr man; used as a name for a lover in literary works

phiˈlanderer n
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