| 单词 | bluff |
| 释义 | bluff (once / 481 pages) 1nadj 2vn Bluff can mean a high cliff, or it can describe a person who is abrupt in manner. The most common usage of bluff is as a verb meaning to pretend. If you bluff at cards, you are pretending to have a better hand than you do. Many a good crime story ends with a bluff—"I've already contacted the police and they're on their way," the detective will say when that is not at all the case. The expression "calling your bluff" comes from poker, where you "call" a game to see someone's actual cards. Calling someone's bluff means forcing them to admit the truth. WORD FAMILYbluff: bluffed, bluffer, bluffest, bluffing, bluffly, bluffness, bluffs+/bluffer: bluffers USAGE EXAMPLESWhite bass are fair jigging Tiny Traps and Curb’s crappie jigs along main lake points and creek bluffs in 15-25 feet. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) In Iowa, more than eight-tenths of an inch fell in Council Bluffs. Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016) Hart is one of about 15 kids in the boxing club of Dominique Azeez, a former professional boxer who grew up in Pine Bluff. Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016) 1 1n a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion) Hyper bank a long ridge or pile 2adj very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front a bluff headland Syn bold, sheer steep having a sharp inclination 3adj bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured 2a bluff but pleasant manner a bluff and rugged natural leader Syn direct straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action 1v deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand Syn|Hyper bluff out go, move have a turn; make one's move in a game 2v frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is Hyper affright, fright, frighten, scare cause fear in 3n the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards Syn|Hyper four flush deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation the act of deceiving 4n pretense that your position is stronger than it really is his bluff succeeded in getting him accepted Hyper dissembling, feigning, pretence, pretense pretending with intention to deceive |
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