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boast

英 /bəʊst/美 /boʊst/
  • v.
    有（值得自豪的东西）；吹嘘，夸耀
  • n.
    夸耀，自吹自擂，感到自豪的事
  • 人名 (Boast)（英）博斯特（人名）
复数boasts
第三人称单数boasts
现在分词boasting
过去式boasted
过去分词boasted
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词语例句

  1. 有（值得自豪的东西）vt.

    四级

    • The city boasts a wealth of beautiful churches.

      该城引以为荣的是有大量漂亮的教堂。

    • Italy boasts more UNESCO World Heritage Sites than any other country in the world.

      意大利拥有世界上最多的联合国教科文组织世界遗产。

  2. 吹嘘，夸耀v.

    六级四级

    • Witnesses said Furci boasted that he took part in killing them.

      证人们说富尔西曾吹嘘说他参与了杀人。

    • Carol boasted about her costume.

      卡罗尔吹嘘着她的戏装。

    • These companies have boasted that their new online offerings represent the future of the industry.

      这些公司吹嘘说他们新的在线产品代表了该行业的未来。

  3. 夸耀，自吹自擂，感到自豪的事cn.

    • It is the charity's proud boast that it has never yet turned anyone away.

      该慈善机构自吹自擂，声称从来没有拒绝过任何人。

    • Despite his boasts that his children were brilliant, neither of them went to college.

      尽管他夸赞他的两个孩子聪明，他们却都没念上大学。

    • The library's proudest boast is its collection of rare books.

      这个博物馆最引以为豪的是它收藏的珍本书籍。

  1. All three Internet agencies boast they've won major accounts.
    所有的三家网络代理公司都夸口说他们已赢得了大客户。
    来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  2. I don't want to boast, but I can actually speak six languages.
    不是我吹嘘，我确实能讲六种语言。
    来自《牛津词典》
  3. In its heyday, the studio's boast was that it had more stars than there are in heaven.
    该制片厂吹嘘，它在鼎盛时期拥有的明星比天上的星星还多。
    来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

相关短语

  • boast of
    吹嘘；吹牛；炫耀；自夸
  • boast about
    夸耀；自夸；引以为荣
  • boast it
    自夸吧
  • brag and boast
    自吹自擂；自吹自夸
  • to boast
    瞎吹；夸口；说嘴

词语扩展

n.
braggadocioself-praise
自夸；值得夸耀的事物，引以为荣的事物
vi.
blow one's own bornblow one's own trumpetblow one's own horn
自吹自擂
adj.
boastful自夸的；自负的；喜夸耀的
adv.
boastfully自夸地
n.
boasting吹嘘
boaster自夸的人；大言不惭的人；吹牛者
  • pride/boast/brag/crow
    • pride与boast的意义较接近，指炫耀、夸口，自鸣得意，常与反身代词连用。
    • boast普通用词，指对自己所做的事，自己的长处、财富以及家庭等的夸耀，常含言过其实的意味。
    • brag非正式用词，其夸耀和吹嘘意味强于boast，到了过分夸大，有时令人讨厌的地步。
    • crow多指大声吵嚷地吹嘘，夸耀自己做某事比他人做得好。

词义分布

吹嘘
24.7%
夸
23.7%
自夸
22.1%
夸口
10%
自吹自擂
5.8%
夸口说
4.2%
大话
3.2%
说大话
2.6%
耀
2.1%
夸夸其谈
1.6%

英英释义

  • n.speaking of yourself in superlatives
  • v.show off
  • v.wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner
  1. v.
    to talk about something that you have done or that you own too proudly, in a way that annoys other people
    吹嘘；夸耀
    • He boasted that the police would never catch him.
      他吹牛说警察永远也抓不住他。
    • Carol boasted about her new job.
      卡萝尔显摆自己的新工作。

词源

  • boast自夸
    发音释义：[bəʊst] vt. 夸口说，自吹自擂说；以有…而自豪；拥有（值得骄傲的东西）vi. 自吹自擂n. 自夸；值得夸耀的事物，引以为荣的事物 词源解释：boast←诺曼时期的英式法语bost（卖弄）←原始日耳曼语bausia（吹、使膨胀） boast和brag都含有“自夸”的意思，区别在于：boast的初始含义是“膨胀”，表示因为自豪而膨胀，强调“以有…而自豪”、“炫耀”，有时候表示“拥有（值得骄傲的东西）”而不是“炫耀”；而brag的初始含义是“发出很大的声音”，引申为“大吹大擂”。
  • boast吹牛
    来自PIE *bheu, 膨胀，鼓起，吹。词源同bucket, 圆木桶。