英语释义

1. a furtive flirtatious caressing with the feet (as under a table)

2. a usually surreptitious cooperation or negotiation with someone supposed hostile to one's own interests —usually used with play

片语

flirtation调情；调戏；挑逗；不认真的考虑

trilby脚；呢帽的一种

英汉例句

• He is too intelligent to believe that the U. s. can play footsie with Russia while kicking Western Europe on the shins.

  他很聪明，才不会相信美国会踢开西欧去与俄罗斯密谋合作。

• She kept playing footsie with me under the table.

  她一直和我在桌底下偷偷地碰脚调情。

• Just as some women grow up unconsciously drawn to men who remind them of their father, some men fetishize feet because of a former classmate who constantly played footsie under the table.

  例如一些女人，在她们长大后喜欢接近那些长得像她们父亲的男人或是一些男人对脚有强烈的欲望，那是因为在他读书的时候，他的同桌老是喜欢无意识的在桌子底下用脚挑逗他。

• Continuing to play footsie with opponents will only get him into more trouble.

  继续与对手调情只会让他陷入更多的麻烦。

• Jack was so in love with Mary that he couldn't help playing footsie with her while having dinner.

  杰克如此深爱着玛丽以至于吃饭晚餐的时候忍不住和她调情。

• Senators and congressmen play footsie (with each other) while the situation gets steadily worse.

  参议员和国会议员私下勾搭，形势越来越坏。

• It can be easy to cross those legs to avoid playing footsie with your neighbor, but you may want to re-think your sitting stance.

  诚然，交叉双腿可以轻松避免邻座同事间桌下脚碰脚，但你得重新审视你的坐姿。