Vaunt
[vɔːnt]
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth, attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk ostentatiously; to brag.
(v. t.) To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation.
(n.) A vain display of what one is, or has, or has done; ostentation from vanity; a boast; a brag.
(n.) The first part.
(v. t.) To put forward; to display.
埃德娜校對
同義詞及近義詞：
v. n. Brag, boast.
v. a. Brag of, boast of, make a display of, make a boast of, show off.
n. Boast, brag.
校對:弗恩
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Boast, brag, puff, hawk, trumpet, cackle, advertise, {make_a_display_of},flourish, cry, parade
ANT:Repress, suppress, conceal, disparage, decry, detract
整理:皮尔斯
解釋/意思:
n. (Shak.) the first part.
v.i. to make a vain display: to boast.—v.t. to make a vain display of: to boast of.—n. vain display: boast.—ns. Vaun′ter; Vaun′tery vaunting.—adj. Vaunt′ful.—n. Vaun′ting.—adv. Vaun′tingly.
錄入:雷内
例句/造句/用法:
- A man who could never sufficiently vaunt himself a self-made man. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- A most pithy vaunt, said he--one that redounds vastly to the credit of your dear Yorkshire friends. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Spit in the fire if thou must vaunt thy courage. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Bear with me, brother, although I should something vaunt myself. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- She saw perfectly well the other woman's vaunt: it seemed truly vulgar. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- The vaunted skill turns out gross ineptitude. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- We cannot touch the disease, with all our poor vaunted skill. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- The vaunted steadiness of pulse failed him for an instant. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- To reverse the process of the transformation and produce radium from the base metal lead would be an achievement greater than the vaunted transmutations of the alchemists. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- As to connexion, there Emma was perfectly easy; persuaded, that after all his own vaunted claims and disdain of Harriet, he had done nothing. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- Would to God, Richard, or any of his vaunting minions of England, would appear in these lists! 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- She noted this new expression of vaunting. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- As the matter is, disturb not the peaceful hall with vaunts of the issue of the conflict, which you well know cannot take place. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
錄入:玛丽埃塔