swagger
英 [ˈswæɡ.ər]
美 [ˈswæɡ.ɚ]
- vt. 吓唬；趾高气扬地行走或行事
- vi. 大摇大摆；吹牛；虚张声势吓人
- n. 大摇大摆；吹牛；威吓；下摆散开状的女式短大衣
- adj. 炫耀的；时髦的
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记忆方法
1. swing => swag.
2. frequentative form of swag.
3. sway => swag => swagger.
2. frequentative form of swag.
3. sway => swag => swagger.
中文词源
swagger 昂首阔步，夸耀，炫耀
来自 swag,摇摆地走，-er,表反复。引申词义昴首阔步，夸耀，炫耀。
英语词源
- 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.
权威例句
- 1. He walked with something of a swagger.
- 他趾高气扬地走着。
- 2. He emerged with a macho swagger.
- 他大摇大摆地走了出来.
- 3. Let my nephew and Goldthred swagger about their wager as they list.
- 让我外甥和戈德斯雷德去信口开河地打赌,随他们的便吧.
- 4. Ants on the locust tree assume a great - nation swagger.
- 蚂蚁缘槐夸大国.
- 5. Indeed, Romona did look like those figures of sex and swagger.
- 的确, 雷蒙看起来很象那种性感十足的轻佻的人.