Boastful
['bəʊstfʊl;-f(ə)l] or ['bostfl]
解釋/意思:
(a.) Given to, or full of, boasting; inclined to boast; vaunting; vainglorious; self-praising.
編輯:特伦斯
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Boasting, vaunting, bragging, vaporing, blustering, exulting, triumphant, cock-a-hoop.
整理:昆廷
例句/造句/用法:
- 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. 簡·愛.
- He declared, in his boastful way, that we should see the Diamond on his finger, if the English army took Seringapatam. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- There was a rakish, vagabond smartness, and a kind of boastful rascality, about the whole man, that was worth a mine of gold. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Still, on the whole, it is possible to be too boastful even of that boon. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- False and boastful conceits and phrases mount upwards and take their place. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- They say, those boastful English, that it is the Refuge of many. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- They were all feverish, boastful, and indefinably loose; and they all ate and drank a great deal; and made bets in eating and drinking. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
整理:昆廷