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
1. swing => swag.
2. frequentative form of swag.
3. sway => swag => swagger.
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。
- 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.
- 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.