bombast
bombast 英 [ˈbɒmbæst] 美 [ˈbɑmbæst]
n. 夸大的言辞 adj. 夸大的
名词复数:bombasts
- Bombast is a noun meaning pretentious or boastful talk. If your football coach is known for his bombast, he probably gives a pompous speech before each game about the greatness of the team and, of course, his coaching.
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- n. 夸大的言辞
- adj. 夸大的
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1. business bombast
商业泡沫
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2. Not everyone was convinced by such bombast.
并非所有人都信服此类高调言论。
- bombast (n.) 1570s, "cotton padding," corrupted from earlier bombace "raw cotton" (1550s), from Old French bombace "cotton, cotton wadding," from Late Latin bombacem, accusative of bombax "cotton, 'linteorum aut aliae quaevis quisquiliae,' " a corruption and transferred use of Latin bombyx "silk," from Greek bombyx "silk, silkworm" (which also came to mean "cotton" in Medieval Greek), from some oriental word, perhaps related to Iranian pambak (modern panba) or Armenian bambok, perhaps ultimately from a PIE root meaning "to twist, wind."
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