Brag
[bræg]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) an instance of boastful talk; 'his brag is worse than his fight'; 'whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade'.
安娜贝拉錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) To talk about one's self, or things pertaining to one's self, in a manner intended to excite admiration, envy, or wonder; to talk boastfully; to boast; -- often followed by of; as, to brag of one's exploits, courage, or money, or of the great things one intends to do.
(v. t.) To boast of.
(n.) A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretense or self glorification.
(n.) The thing which is boasted of.
(n.) A game at cards similar to bluff.
(v. i.) Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited.
(adv.) Proudly; boastfully.
邦妮整理
同義詞及近義詞：
v. n. Boast, vaunt, gasconade, bluster, vapor, flourish, exalt one's self, magnify one's self, TALK BIG.
n. Boast, vaunt, gasconade, bluster, bravado, vaporing, BLATHERSKITE, great cry and little wool.
手打:玛丽安
解釋/意思:
v.i. to boast or bluster:—pr.p. brag′ging; pa.p. bragged.—n. a boast or boasting: the thing boasted of: a game at cards very like poker.—adj. Brag′ging.—advs. Brag′gingly Brag′ly (Spens.).
安娜贝尔整理
例句/造句/用法:
- HE would get on well enough if she'd let him alone; they like his slang and his brag and his blunders. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- You're so sweet and you don't have to brag. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- If you make a brag of your honesty to me,' said the tinker, 'I'll knock your brains out. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- This, Sir Knight, said Rebecca, is but idle boasting--a brag of what you would have done had you not found it convenient to do otherwise. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Bear in mind then, that Brag is a good dog, but Holdfast is a better. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- You needn't brag about it,' returned Fledgeby, disappointed in his desire to heighten the contrast between his bed and the streets. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Then they open their throttle valves, and how they do brag, and sneer, and swell, and soar, and blaspheme the sacred name of Truth! 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Of course, he may be bragging now. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Now you're bragging, darling. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- I like him, Mamma, because he knows such lots of things; and he ain't like old Veal, who is always bragging and using such long words, don't you know? 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Once, when she had been bragging about the vehemence of Isidore's attachment, I asked if she loved him in return. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- His bragging would never cease. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- It seemed like bragging, but like a man in extremity bragging truthfully. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- But you're always bragging about something. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
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