boastvb. brag,make an ostentatious display of some-thing吹牛，夸耀。
boast it so with:lord it over 對(duì)…逞威風(fēng)。
△1H.Ⅵ.3.3.21:“if we could do that,/France were no placefor Henry’s warriors,/Nor should that nation boastit so with us，”(it:superfluous.)如果我們能做到這一點(diǎn)，亨利的軍隊(duì)在法蘭西就待不下去了，那個(gè)國(guó)家也再不能向我們耀武揚(yáng)威了。 boast(1)[b?ust]n. 自夸，值得夸耀的事物 / v.自夸，吹噓，以擁有…而自豪
◇ boast of (a bout)自吹自擂 make a boast of自夸，炫耀
‖ boasting and exaggeration 浮夸作風(fēng)
boaster n. 自夸者
boastful adj.boastfully adv.
boast(2)[b?ust]v.&n. 石頭粗雕
‖ boasted work 刻石工作
boaster n. 刮刀
boasting n. 雕塑用的大鑿子 |