bluster
bluster 英 [ˈblʌstə(r)] 美 [ˈblʌstɚ]
vt. 咆哮；狂吹；夸口；威吓；气势汹汹地说 vi. 咆哮；恫吓 n. 怒号；吓唬
进行时:blustering 过去式:blustered 过去分词:blustered 第三人称单数:blusters 名词复数:blusters
- If you tell the captain of the basketball team that you're going to beat him at a game of hoops even though you've never played, you're speaking with a lot of bluster or false confidence and bravado.
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- vt. 咆哮；狂吹；夸口；威吓；气势汹汹地说
- vi. 咆哮；恫吓
- n. 怒号；吓唬
- bluster (n.) 1580s, "a storm of violent wind," from bluster (v.). Meaning "noisy, boisterous, inflated talk" is from 1704.
- bluster (v.) late 14c., "stray blindly or blunderingly, wander aimlessly, go astray;" c. 1400, of persons, "shout loudly and angrily," from a Low German source, such as Middle Low German blüstren "to blow violently," East Frisian blüstern "to bluster," probably from the same source as blow (v.1), or perhaps imitative. Of weather in English from mid-15c. Related: Blustered; blustering.
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