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单词 bluster
释义 blus·ter
I. \ˈbləstə(r)\ verb
(blustered ; blustered ; blustering \-st(ə)riŋ\ ; blusters)
Etymology: Middle English blustren, probably from Middle Low German blüsteren to storm; probably akin to Old High German blāsan to blow — more at blast
intransitive verb
1. : to blow in stormy noisy gusts
 < with clouds spitting snow and wind blustering off the lake — T.W.Duncan >
: be windy and boisterous
 < when autumn blusters and the orchard rocks — Robert Browning >
2. : to talk and act with noisy, swaggering, and often empty threats : play the bully : storm, rage
 < it pleased a people who bragged and blustered but felt themselves outsiders in the world of nations — J.D.Hart >
transitive verb
1. : to utter with noisy swaggering self-assertiveness
 < blustering I know not what of insolence and love — Alfred Tennyson >
2. : to drive or force by blustering : bully, hector
 < a hurricane blustering its wild way across quiet country — W.S.Maugham >
 < trying to bluster us into the belief that they are much better than they look — F.A.Swinnerton >
Synonyms: see roar
II. noun
(-s)
1. : a violent boisterous blowing : storm, blast
 < the strong breeze driving them was setting up a bluster on the water — Rose Thurburn >
2. : boisterous noise or violent commotion
 < they do their work without bluster or ostentation — Stanley Walker >
3. : noisy, violent, or threatening talk : boastful empty speech
 < I don't count his bluster worth a cent — Winston Churchill >
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