| 单词 | bombast |
| 释义 | bombast (once / 4229 pages) n Bombast is a noun meaning pretentious or boastful talk. If your football coach is known for his bombast, he probably gives a pompous speech before each game about the greatness of the team and, of course, his coaching. Originally, bombast was cotton padding used to stuff or pad things like seat cushions. The meaning was extended to include padded and overstuffed speaking or writing, especially speech that's pretentious and showy. Other words with bombast at their roots include the adjective bombastic and the adverb bombastically. For all your coach's bluster and bombast, he's a pretty nice guy — too bad his overblown rhetoric turns people off before they get to know him. WORD FAMILYbombast: bombastic, bombasts+/bombastic: bombastically USAGE EXAMPLESWhile Season 19 explored the forces that enabled Trump’s bombast and bigotry to resonate, Season 20 explored why these forces resonated. Salon(Dec 11, 2016) He speaks softly, even shyly, a contrast with many of his signature roles and certainly the bombast of Jackie Burke. Los Angeles Times(Dec 02, 2016) Rather than being put off by the Babe’s bombast and physical gifts like many other competitors, Bell was drawn to the kind, softer person within. Golf Digest(Nov 28, 2016) n pompous or pretentious talk or writing Syn|Hyper blah, claptrap, fustian, rant grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, rhetoric high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation |
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