Wordiyoflatter
🇬🇧 UK/'flætә/🇺🇸 US
IELTSTOEFLGREA2
Definitions
v.
To compliment someone excessively or insincerely, often to gain favour; to make someone look or feel good.
奉承，阿谀；使显得好看
n.
A flat-faced tool used by blacksmiths for smoothing metal.
平面锤（铁匠用工具）
🧩 Root Breakdown
Native EnglishCommon Collocations
- 1.flatter someone恭维某人
- 2.flatter oneself自欺欺人
Example Sentences
- 1.
He always tried to flatter his boss by complimenting her taste in art.
- 2.
The photographer chose angles that would flatter the subject's face.