| 单词 | bluff |
| 释义 | bluff (blʌf ) Word forms: bluffs , bluffing , bluffed 1. variable noun A bluff is an attempt to make someone believe that you will do something when you do not really intend to do it. The letter was a bluff. It is essential to build up the military option and show that this is not a bluff. What we're at here is a game of bluff. Synonyms: deception, show, lie, fraud 2. See also double bluff 3. verb If you bluff, you make someone believe that you will do something when you do not really intend to do it, or that you know something when you do not really know it. Either side, or both, could be bluffing. [VERB] In each case the hijackers bluffed the crew using fake grenades. [VERB noun] He tried to bluff his way through another test and failed it. [V way prep] Synonyms: deceive, lie, trick, fool 4. to call someone's bluff phrase If you call someone's bluff, you tell them to do what they have been threatening to do, because you are sure that they will not really do it. Instead, you must call his bluff the next time he suggests a crazy idea. 5. countable noun A bluff is a steep cliff or bank, especially by a river or the sea. ...a high bluff over the Congaree River. Synonyms: precipice, bank, peak, cliff 6. graded adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] If you describe someone as bluff, you mean that they have a very direct way of speaking and behaving. He comes across as a man with a bluff exterior who, beyond that, is difficult to get to know. Synonyms: hearty, open, frank, blunt Idioms: call someone's bluff to put someone in a position in which they are forced to do what they have been threatening to do because you do not believe that they will really do it The government warned that he would deal severely with any protest actions in the universities. Now, the students have called his bluff. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 诈骗, 诈骗 Japanese: 虚勢, 虚勢を張る |
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