英:[ˈblʌstə(r)]
美:[ˈblʌstɚ]
英:[ˈblʌstə(r)]
美:[ˈblʌstɚ]
blus·ter
bluh str
第三人称单数:blusters
现在分词:blustering
过去式:blustered
过去分词:blustered
blustery (adj.)
词根:bluster
adj.blustery 大风的;狂暴的,吵闹的
blustering 狂风大作的;狂暴的
blusterous 咆哮的;叫嚷的;狂吹的;虚张声势的
v.blustering 风狂吹(bluster的ing形式)
verb
intransitive verb
to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats
brags and blusters but rarely does what he says he'll do
to blow in stormy noisy gusts
a cold, blustering wind
to be windy and boisterous
… when autumn blusters and the orchard rocks.—Robert Browning
transitive verb
to utter with noisy self-assertiveness
"I don't want to hear it!" he blustered.
to drive or force by blustering
… trying to bluster us into the belief that they are much better than they look.—F. A. Swinnerton
noun
a violent boisterous blowing
… the strong breeze driving them was setting up a bluster on the water.—Rose Thurburn
violent commotion
They do their work without bluster or ostentation.—Stanley Walker
loudly boastful or threatening speech
growing tired of his macho bluster
14世纪晚期,“盲目或糊里糊涂地迷路,漫无目的地徘徊,迷路”; 约1400年,用于人,“大声愤怒地喊叫”,源自低地德语,例如中低地德语 blüstren “猛烈吹风”,东弗里西亚语 blüstern “咆哮”,可能源自与 blow(v.1)相同的来源,或者是拟声词。英语中的天气从15世纪中期开始。相关: Blustered; blustering。
Verb and Noun Middle English blustren, probably from Middle Low German blüsteren
The first known use of bluster was in the 15th century
bluster1 of 2verb
to blow violently and noisily
to talk or act in a noisy boastful way
bluster2 of 2noun
a violent noise or commotion
loudly boastful or threatening speech
bluster1 of 2verb
to blow violently and noisily
to talk or act in a noisy boastful way
bluster2 of 2noun
a violent noise or commotion
loudly boastful or threatening speech
bluster1 of 2verb
to blow violently and noisily
to talk or act in a noisy boastful way
bluster2 of 2noun
a violent noise or commotion
loudly boastful or threatening speech
1 And it’s not just bluster and jokes — he tears up at grand occasions, including statements on the House floor, press conferences and his own wedding.
2 At worst, she was described as a Stepford wife with a faintly medicated aura; at best, as a gracious foil to her blustering frat boy of a husband.
3 One of the consistent pleasures of this second season is that Axe’s bluster and power-plays have revealed weakness as much as cunning.
4 Once, she had seen a haint raise such a bluster on the sidewalk that a living man stumbled as it spun through him, falling hard into the street and nearly getting flattened by a streetcar.
5 The men bluster in smart jackets, patterned vests, rich silk ties and ascots.
6 It’s a great challenge to be able to listen to what the real answer is, past all of the bluster and distaste that many of the characters on the show have for mine.
7 “I worry that all your father’s blustering about Erudite has been to your detriment,” she says gently.
8 Mr. Newman — who even pronounces “Putin” with comic flair, as if spitting it into a handkerchief — depicts the president of Russia, Vladimir V. Putin, in full shirtless glory, the comic picture of macho bluster.
9 Dr. Melfi, TV’s biggest antihero blustering against the woman who had gotten inside his head.
10 “The Good Devil” turns out to be a 90-minute exercise in bluster and somersaults in which the actors work up a healthy sweat, and in which the threatened show inevitably goes on.
11 It is, in some ways, a logical retort to the smoothness of Drake-era major-label rap, which has long ceded most of its sharp elbows and street bluster.
12 But Mr. Rubinstein and his amusing comic bluster are about to join the show’s national tour.
13 We could hear the bluster of the wind and rain.
我们能听到狂风暴雨的吹打声。
14 His attitude and bluster were real, if cheeky, during this likable and awkward show.
15 BERKELEY, Calif. — A vain politician runs for the presidency, short on specifics but long on bluster, inveighing against a religious minority and promising to make America prosperous again.
16 When Alan was caught cheating, he tried to bluster it out but he couldn't deceive us.
艾伦作弊被抓住后百般狡赖,不过他无法骗过我们.
17 And when Wang Lung stammered and blustered, not understanding, “Well—and what—well and what—” his uncle opened his coat and showed him what was against its lining.
18 He turned pitches into films and marketed the hell out of them, wooing the media and Academy Award voters with charm, bluster and guile.
19 Lord Jonos Bracken arrived from the ruins of Stone Hedge, glowering and blustering, and took a seat as far from Tytos Blackwood as the tables would permit.
20 I don’t mean the sort of assertive behavior expressed through bluster and belligerence, which is really more a statement of insecurity.
3 咆哮
ROAR growl howl bark rave Bellow snarl huff and puff howling roaring rage bawl and squall roar storm bawl rant puff bellow growling growlery bay blare chide gnar girn yirr wuther gnarl snarling snarlingly yowl
6 咄咄逼人
7 恐吓
bucko threat menace blackmail spook threaten intimidate terrorize bulldoze concuss psych put the frighteners on put the screws on threatening blustering denunciatory strike thunder intimidation denunciation bravado racketeer cow bluff denounce daunt affright outface gally mau-mau thunderbolt denunciative intimidatory blusterous huff hector fley toss abet terrorise affray gast bullyrag
8 威胁
comminatory threat menace on threaten cow peril terrorize bulldoze concuss look OFFER overhang put the frighteners on
9 大吵大闹
carryings-on bobsy-die scene batter stink barney carryon raise Cain make a row cut up rough raise mischief make a scene
10 狂作
17 狂吹
20 猛刮