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swagger

英 ['swægə] 美 ['swæɡɚ]

解释

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

※ 提供单词"swagger"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

swagger 昂首阔步，夸耀，炫耀

来自 swag,摇摆地走，-er,表反复。引申词义昴首阔步，夸耀，炫耀。

英文词源

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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例句和用法

1. He walked with something of a swagger.: 他趾高气扬地走着。

2. He emerged with a macho swagger.: 他大摇大摆地走了出来.

3. Let my nephew and Goldthred swagger about their wager as they list.: 让我外甥和戈德斯雷德去信口开河地打赌,随他们的便吧.

4. Ants on the locust tree assume a great - nation swagger.: 蚂蚁缘槐夸大国.

5. Indeed, Romona did look like those figures of sex and swagger.: 的确, 雷蒙看起来很象那种性感十足的轻佻的人.