swagger
swagger 英 [ˈswægə(r)] 美 [ˈswæɡɚ]
vt. 吓唬;趾高气扬地行走或行事 vi. 大摇大摆;吹牛;虚张声势吓人 n. 大摇大摆;吹牛;威吓;下摆散开状的女式短大衣
进行时:swaggering 过去式:swaggered 过去分词:swaggered 第三人称单数:swaggers 名词复数:swaggers
- Picture the confident, maybe even arrogant way a pirate, a cowboy, or even a rapper might stroll around. That style of walking is called a swagger.
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- vt. 吓唬;趾高气扬地行走或行事
- vi. 大摇大摆;吹牛;虚张声势吓人
- n. 大摇大摆;吹牛;威吓;下摆散开状的女式短大衣
- adj. 炫耀的;时髦的
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1. When Titan came striding up the trail, burly and confident, we all squeezed to the edge and let him swagger past, within inches.
于是,当泰坦大踏步走到小路上时,我们赶紧退到路边挤作一团,好让这位魁梧且自信的家伙从我们身边大摇大摆的过去。
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2. You don’t deserve to be confident and you don’t deserve to walk with a swagger and a smile on your face, because you’re missing something, anything.
你不应该自信以及你不应该满面笑容走路时大摇大摆,因为你还缺少一些东西。
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3. And although I’m not sure that the people who heard me deliver it were similarly impressed, enough of them appreciated my earnestness and youthful swagger that I made it to the Illinois legislature.
尽管我不清楚那些听过我这篇演讲的人们是否也同样被感动了,但他们中足够多的人都欣赏我的热忱和年青气盛,我得以成功入选了伊利诺斯州州议会。
- swagger (v.) 1580s, "to strut in a defiant or insolent manner;" earliest recorded usages are in Shakespeare ("Midsummer Night's Dream," "2 Henry IV," "King Lear"), probably a frequentative form of swag (v.) "to sway." Meaning "to boast or brag" is from 1590s. Related: Swaggered; swaggering. The noun is attested from 1725.
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