| 单词 | boast |
| 释义 | boast I. 1. < the man's constant boast was that he had an infallible memory for names > 2. < the university's boast was its high standard of scholarship > II. intransitive verb 1. < boast of her accomplishments or family line > 2. archaic < in God we have boasted continually — Ps 44:8 (Revised Standard Version) > transitive verb 1. a. < boast that you have been in every state of the union > < boast their skill at tennis > b. < boast myself a patriot > < boast himself to be a better man than his neighbor > 2. now Scotland 3. obsolete 4. a. < the city boasts a campanile and a new city hall > b. < the office boasts only one desk > Synonyms: < the town boasts an excellent school system > it can also point to a self-pride often to the point of conceit, ostentation, or exaggeration < childishly anxious to boast that he had walked the whole of the six or seven miles — Compton Mackenzie > < boast of past triumphs long forgotten > < annoy the company with an incessant boasting of one's wealth and position > brag, more common in speech than boast, suggests a crude self-glorification < a bragging politician > < brag of one's importance to the community > vaunt, more literary than brag or boast, implies more pomp and bombast than boast and less crudity than brag < a poem … in which a peasant sings octaves vaunting the beauty of the beloved — R.A.Hall b. 1911 > < pamphlets vaunting the region's unique opportunities — American Guide Series: Minnesota > < ashamed of vaunting ourselves to claim credit where credit is due — Robert Moses > crow, most common in speech, is more contemptuous than the others, suggesting an exultant but petty and unbecoming boasting or blatant bragging especially over an opponent regarded as defeated in some way < the barrister crowed with triumph but the professor was in no way put out — Cyril Kersh > < boasted, gloated, and crowed — W.E.Buckler > < advocates of the plane against the capital ship crowed, “I told you so” — J.P.Baxter b.1893 > gasconade, a rare term, implies an habitual and extravagant self-glorification < an enlightened statesman, and not a gasconading militarist — C.G.Bowers > < the horn, intended for who knows what sonorous gasconading, uttering instead a few piteous bleats — New Yorker > III. 1. 2. IV. 1. court tennis or squash 2. V. |
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