【bluster】 - A-level备考词汇

bluster

UK:  ['blʌstə(r)]

US:  ['blʌstər]

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

v.

1.喝叱,恐吓

2.(人)咆哮,嚷

3.风狂;咆哮,咆哮声;虚张声势地说道

4.咆哮;恐怕

5.(风等)狂吹;(浪等)汹涌

6.怒冲冲地说

7.打开话匣子;大声嚷嚷起来

8.嘟嘟囔囔

n.

1.恫吓;大话

2.狂风声;大话

3.咆哮;吵嚷

4.恐吓;疯狂

5.狂风声,惊涛骇浪声,喧嚣声

6.(风雨)吹打声

7.蛮横的表情;指桑骂槐

1 . He always try to bluster his way out of difficult situation.
他总是自吹自擂以摆脱困境。

2 . For all the bluster, one can't help feeling the tough EU stance is a bit of a bluff.
说道威胁恐吓，你会不由得发现欧盟强硬的立场也不过是虚张声势而已。

3 . He got to be like a high wind in the summertime, all bluster and no bite.
他就好像夏天刮大风一样，虽然狂吹着，却都是虚张声势。

4 . 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。

5 . On the Republican side, foreign policy talk is all bluster and braggadocio.
回到本届总统竞选，共和党候选人关于外交政策的辩论充斥着虚张声势和自吹自擂。