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单词 outswagger
释义

outswaggerv.

Brit. /ˌaʊtˈswaɡə/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈswæɡər/
Forms: see out- prefix and swagger v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, swagger v.
Etymology: < out- prefix + swagger v.
transitive. To outdo in swaggering; to swagger more than.
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the mind > emotion > pride > arrogance > be or become arrogant [verb (transitive)] > surpass in arrogance
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the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display of [verb (transitive)] > surpass in ostentation
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outshow?1611
1607 Lingua v. vii, in W. C. Hazlitt Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1874) IX. 439 Ay, wilt see me outswagger him?
1612 R. Daborne Christian turn'd Turke i. ii Out-swagered?
1631 B. Jonson New Inne iv. ii. 16 Th'out swagger all the wapen-take.
1765 G. Coleman Phormio II. iv. 562 Get.—And Phormio, as on all occasions else, Prov'd himself a brave fellow. Ant. What did He? Get. Out-swagger'd your hot father.
1884 L. Oliphant Haifa (1887) 203 They [sc. Orientals] must never be allowed to out~swagger you.
1985 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 5 Aug. c14/1 Stephen Parr plays the lead role, and he is certainly athletic enough and outswaggers everyone else.
1999 D. Roberts in Faulkner & Nat. World 162 Recall..those drooling local boys trying to outswagger each other until Eula..beats the tar out of them with the buggy whip handle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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