bluster
- v.咆哮;气势汹汹地说话,咄咄逼人,威吓(但效果不大);狂吹
- n.吓唬,怒号;狂风声,巨浪声
复数: blusters 派生词: bluster n. 过去式: blustered 现在分词: blustering 过去分词: blustered 第三人称单数: blusters
verb
气势汹汹地说话,咄咄逼人,威吓(但效果不大)
to talk in an aggressive or threatening way, but with little effect
‘I don't know what you're talking about,’ he blustered.
“我不知道你到底在说什么!”他气势汹汹地说。
a blustering bully
咄咄逼人的恶霸
狂吹;咆哮
to blow violently
I wasn't frightened by what he said─it was all bluster.
我没有被他的话吓倒——那不过是在吓唬人。
noun
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- a swaggering show of courage
- Synonym: bravado
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- vain and empty boasting
- Synonym: braggadocio rodomontade rhodomontade
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- a violent gusty wind
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- noisy confusion and turbulence
- he was awakened by the bluster of their preparations
verb
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- act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
- Synonym: swagger swash
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- show off
- Synonym: boast tout swash shoot a line brag gas blow vaunt gasconade
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- blow hard;be gusty, as of wind
- A southeaster blustered onshore
- The flames blustered
数据来源:WordNet
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Its negotiating style is marked by bluster , foot-dragging , blackmail and brinkmanship .
它的谈判风格就是以威吓,拖延,敲诈和边缘政策为特点的。
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His response was first to persuade , then to bluster .
他的反应先是说服,然后变为咆哮。
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' I don 't know what you 're talking about , ' he blustered .
“我不知道你到底在说什么!”他气势汹汹地说。
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I wasn 't frightened by what he said ─ it was all bluster .
我没有被他的话吓倒——那不过是在吓唬人。
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He was still blustering , but there was panic in his eyes .
他嘴上还在叫嚷着,但眼里却流露出恐慌。
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She heard the blustering , defensive note in his voice and knew that he was ashamed .
她听出他话音里的气势汹汹和自我卫护,知道他感到了羞愧。
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' That 's lunacy , ' he blustered
“那真是疯了,”他吼道。
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All bluff and bluster ; in their bones they 're afraid to die !
表面上耀武扬威,骨子里贪生怕死。
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We could hear the bluster of the wind and rain .
我们能听到狂风暴雨的吹打声。
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He was inclined to bluster at first , but he soon dropped .
起初他老爱吵闹一阵,可是不久就不做声了。
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He blustered his way through the crowd .
他吆喝着挤出人群
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His bluster sank to sullenness under her look .
在她目光逼视下,他蛮横的表情稍加收敛,显出一副阴沉的样子。
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He always try to bluster his way out of difficult situation .
他总是自吹自擂以摆脱困境。
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They blustered about how they would beat us all up .
他们威胁说他们要如何痛打我们大家。
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The Chinese are patient , and this is just bluster .
中国人是很有耐性的,这只不过发发牢骚罢。
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Of course , his bluster was directed against me as well .
这不是矛头都对着老家伙了?当然,他指桑骂槐,矛头是针对我的。
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He blustered out what he would do if he caught us .
他威胁说,如果他抓到我们,就会如何如何处置。
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A late moth blustered in to find the fire .
一只迟栖的飞蛾,拼命扑向烈火。
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We don 't know how much of that is actual planning and how much of it is bluster .
我们尚不清楚这个计划的真实性,也不知道其中含有多少夸张成分。
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A couple of years ago , such boasts would have been ignored as bluster .
在几年前,这样的豪言壮语会被认为是吹牛,无人理睬。
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My character is known all over the state , blustered magnus .
“我的人格是全州闻名的,”曼克奈斯咆哮道。
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For now , however , much of China 's recent bluster turned out to be self-defeating .
不管怎样,到目前为止,中国发出的大多数恫吓结果都是固地自封、弄巧成拙。
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His life of bluster , glitter and power .
他那充满了喧嚣、刺激和权势的生活。
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A blustering night , a fair day .
夜晚刮风,白天好天气。
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Military planning drove decisions ; bluster and posturing drove diplomacy .
决定受军事策划的驱使;外交受恐吓和故作姿态的驱使。
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The wind blustered around the house .
狂风呼啸着吹过房屋周围。
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Lou began to bluster , as he always did when he talked politics .
娄开始打开了话匣子,只要谈政治,他总是这样。
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Empty bluster is unlikely to bother China .
对于空洞的咆哮,中国大概会无动于衷。
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It was five and a half o'clock now , and a raw , blustering morning .
这时才五点半,正是寒气逼人,狂风咆哮的早晨。
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She simply ignored his bluster as empty rhetoric .
她把他的咆哮只当作虚张声势的言词而不予理睬。