court² v 1 [I,T] old-fashioned to have a romantic relationship with someone 【过时】 求爱，追求; 〔男女〕交往 2 [T] to try to please someone so that they will support you 奉承〔某人〕，讨好〔某人〕: politicians busy courting voters 忙于讨好选民的政客 3 court disaster to do something that is likely to have very unpleasant results 很可能惹祸招灾