vaunt
英[v??nt]
美
- vi. 自夸；吹噓
- vt. 自夸；吹噓
- n. 自吹自擂
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?vaunts;過去式:?vaunted;過去分詞:?vaunted;現在分詞:?vaunting;
助記提示
1. 楊過跟全真教那幫臭道士打仗打贏了，收拾了那幫臭道士，然后到小龍女姑姑的面前夸耀自己的勝利(Victory). 在姑姑的面前夸耀勝利，所以"V"放在姑姑"aunt"的前面。
2. 在姑姑面前所空話(Vacancy), 所以就是吹噓、吹牛。
3. 虛榮(Vanity)的姑姑，姑姑為了虛榮經常自夸、吹噓、吹牛。
4. v (羅馬數字的五) + aunt => 五個姑姑聚在一起吹牛。
5. 五個女人一臺戲嘛！
英文詞源
- vaunt
- vaunt: see vain
- vaunt (v.)
- early 15c., "speak vainly or proudly," from Anglo-French vaunter, Old French vanter "to praise, speak highly of," from Medieval Latin vanitare "to boast," frequentative of Latin vanare "to utter empty words," from vanus "idle, empty" (see vain). Also short for avaunten "to boast" (see vaunt (n.)). Related: Vaunted; vaunting.
- vaunt (n.)
- "boasting utterance," c. 1400, short for avaunt "a boast" (late 14c.), from avaunten "to boast" (c. 1300), from Old French avanter "boast about, boast of, glory in."
雙語例句
- 1. This was not a mere empty vaunt , but a deliberate avowal of his real sentiments.
- 這倒不是一個空洞的吹牛, 而是他真實感情的供狀.
來自辭典例句
- 2. They pour forth words, they speak arrogantly; All who do wickedness vaunt themselves.
- 詩94:4他們絮絮叨叨 、 說傲慢的話. 一切作孽的人、都自己夸張.
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