swagger
英 ['sw?g?]
美 ['sw?ɡ?]
- vt. 嚇唬；趾高氣揚(yáng)地行走或行事
- vi. 大搖大擺；吹牛；虛張聲勢嚇人
- n. 大搖大擺；吹牛；威嚇；下擺散開狀的女式短大衣
- adj. 炫耀的；時髦的
助記提示
1. swing => swag.
2. frequentative form of swag.
3. sway => swag => swagger.
中文詞源
swagger 昂首闊步，夸耀，炫耀來自 swag,搖擺地走，-er,表反復(fù)。引申詞義昴首闊步，夸耀，炫耀。
英文詞源
- swagger (v.)
- 1580s, "to strut in a defiant or insolent manner;" earliest recorded usages are in Shakespeare ("Midsummer Night's Dream," "2 Henry IV," "King Lear"), probably a frequentative form of swag (v.) "to sway." Meaning "to boast or brag" is from 1590s. Related: Swaggered; swaggering. The noun is attested from 1725.
雙語例句
- 1. He walked with something of a swagger.
- 他趾高氣揚(yáng)地走著。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He emerged with a macho swagger.
- 他大搖大擺地走了出來.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Let my nephew and Goldthred swagger about their wager as they list.
- 讓我外甥和戈德斯雷德去信口開河地打賭,隨他們的便吧.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Ants on the locust tree assume a great - nation swagger.
- 螞蟻緣槐夸大國.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Indeed, Romona did look like those figures of sex and swagger.
- 的確, 雷蒙看起來很象那種性感十足的輕佻的人.
來自辭典例句