bluster
英 ['bl?st?]
美['bl?st?]
- vt. 咆哮；狂吹；夸口；威嚇；氣勢洶洶地說
- vi. 咆哮；恫嚇
- n. 怒號；嚇唬
暢通詞匯GRE低頻詞
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數:?blusters;過去式:?blustered;過去分詞:?blustered;現在分詞:?blustering;
助記提示
1. blow => bluster.
中文詞源
bluster 威嚇詞源同bluff, 吹噓，恐嚇。
英文詞源
- bluster (n.)
- 1580s, from bluster (v.).
- bluster (v.)
- late 14c., from a Low German source, such as Middle Low German blüstren "to blow violently," East Frisian blüstern "to bluster" (see blow (v.1)). Related: Blustered; blustering.
雙語例句
- 1. Of course, his bluster was directed against me as well.
- 當然, 他指桑罵槐,矛頭是針對我的.
來自辭典例句
- 2. We could hear the bluster of the wind and rain.
- 我們能聽到狂風暴雨的吹打聲.
來自辭典例句
- 3. He was inclined to bluster at first, but he soon dropped.
- 起初他老愛吵鬧一陣, 可是不久就不做聲了.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Military planning drove decisions; bluster and posturing drove diplomacy.
- 決定受軍事策劃的驅使; 外交受恐嚇和故作姿態(tài)的驅使.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Lou began to bluster, as he always did when he talked politics.
- 婁開始打開了話匣子,只要談政治, 他總是這樣.
來自辭典例句