n. bragging吹牛。
△Oth.2.1.227 (224):“Andwill she love him still for prating?— let not thy discreet heart think it.” 但是她會(huì)為了這種夸口而永遠(yuǎn)愛(ài)他? ——你是個(gè)明白人,決不會(huì)這樣想。
prating
p. a. prattling,babbling,chattering饒舌的,胡言亂語(yǔ)的,喋喋不休的。
△R.III.3.1.151:“this little prat-ing York”,這個(gè)喋喋不休的小約克。
△ Rom.2.4.214(200):“when ’twas a little prating thing”,那時(shí)候她還是個(gè)愛(ài)多嘴的小東西。
△Mer.5.1.164: “A prating boy,”一個(gè)很愛(ài)說(shuō)話的孩子。
△Ham.3.4.215:“Who was in lifea foolish prating knave.”他在生前是一個(gè)愚蠢多嘴的家伙。
△H.V.4.1.79 (77): “If the enemy is an ass and afool,and a prating coxcomb,is it meet,think you,that we should also,look you,be an ass and a fool, and a prating coxcomb,in your own consciencenow?”如果敵人是驢子,是笨蛋,是喋喋不休的傻瓜,你憑自己的良心說(shuō),難道你會(huì)認(rèn)為我們也應(yīng)該,你瞧,也做一頭驢子,一個(gè)笨蛋,一個(gè)喋喋不休的傻瓜嗎?