bravado
bravado 英 [brəˈvɑ:dəʊ] 美 [brəˈvɑdoʊ]
n. 虚张声势；冒险
名词复数:bravados
- If you act with bravado, you are making a bold showy statement. Picture a cowboy bursting through saloon doors in an old western, and you can picture bravado.
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- n. 虚张声势；冒险
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1. I am inclined to believe in the legendary bravado, in that mad laughter of the healthy man provoking a non-existent God.
我更倾向于相信那是传奇故事的虚张声势，那个健康的唐璜在疯狂地嘲笑某个不存在的神祗。
- bravado (n.) 1580s, "ostentatious courage, pretentious boldness," from French bravade "bragging, boasting," from Italian bravata "bragging, boasting" (16c.), from bravare "brag, boast, be defiant," from bravo "brave, bold" (see brave (adj.)). The English word was influenced in form by Spanish words ending in -ado. It also was used as a noun 17c.-18c., "swaggering fellow."
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