Boastful
['bəʊstfʊl;-f(ə)l] or ['bostfl]
解释:
(a.) Given to, or full of, boasting; inclined to boast; vaunting; vainglorious; self-praising.
编辑:特伦斯
同义词及近义词:
a. Boasting, vaunting, bragging, vaporing, blustering, exulting, triumphant, cock-a-hoop.
整理:昆廷
例句:
- A hearty kissing I got for a welcome, and some boastful triumph, which I swallowed as well as I could. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- He declared, in his boastful way, that we should see the Diamond on his finger, if the English army took Seringapatam. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- There was a rakish, vagabond smartness, and a kind of boastful rascality, about the whole man, that was worth a mine of gold. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Still, on the whole, it is possible to be too boastful even of that boon. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- False and boastful conceits and phrases mount upwards and take their place. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- They say, those boastful English, that it is the Refuge of many. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- They were all feverish, boastful, and indefinably loose; and they all ate and drank a great deal; and made bets in eating and drinking. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
整理:昆廷