bluster

英 [ˈblʌstə(r)]

美 [ˈblʌstər]

v.  气势汹汹地说话，咄咄逼人，威吓(但效果不大); 狂吹; 咆哮
n.  吓唬，怒号; 狂风声，巨浪声

过去式：blustered　现在分词：blustering　复数：blusters　第三人称单数：blusters　过去分词：blustered　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.23611 / COCA.21394

牛津词典

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
  1. ‘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。
  2. a blustering bully
     咄咄逼人的恶霸
• 狂吹；咆哮
  to blow violently

柯林斯词典

• VERB 咆哮；叫嚷
  If you say that someoneis blustering, you mean that they are speaking aggressively but without authority, often because they are angry or offended.
  1. 'That's lunacy,' he blustered...
     “那真是疯了，”他吼道。
  2. 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。
  3. Blusteris also a noun.
     
  4. ...the bluster of the Conservatives' campaign.
     保守党来势汹汹的宣传运动

英英释义

noun

• a swaggering show of courage
  Synonym:bravado
• vain and empty boasting
  Synonym:braggadociorodomontaderhodomontade
• a violent gusty wind
• noisy confusion and turbulence
  1. he was awakened by the bluster of their preparations

verb

• act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
  Synonym:swaggerswash
• show off
  Synonym:boasttoutswashshoot a linebraggasblowvauntgasconade
• blow hard
  1. A southeaster blustered onshore
  2. The flames blustered

双语例句

• His life of bluster, glitter and power.
  他那充满了喧嚣、刺激和权势的生活。
• 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。
• The three would exchange stories of evading the Imperials, telling tall tales full of bravado and bluster.
  这三个人都喜欢在对方面前吹嘘自己如何躲避帝国的追捕，他们的故事里充满了虚张声势的情节。
• All this would no doubt elicit more bluster from Pyongyang which might even try to provoke low-level skirmishes with Seoul.
  这一切无疑会令平壤更加大发雷霆它甚至可能会试图挑起与首尔低层次的小规模冲突。
• 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。
• I wasn't frightened by what he said it was just bluster.
  他说的话吓不倒我&不过是雷声大，雨点小。
• His response was first to persuade, then to bluster.
  他的反应先是说服，然后变为咆哮。
• I knew that it was all bluster and he wasn't really angry with me.
  我知道那只是恐吓的活，他并没有真的对我发火。
• 'That's lunacy,' he blustered
  “那真是疯了，”他吼道。
• Ah, the pomposity of his tone, the bluster, the arrogance.
  啊，他那巧舌如簧，那咆哮，那傲慢。