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

• 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。
• 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。
• Military planning drove decisions; bluster and posturing drove diplomacy.
  决定受军事策划的驱使；外交受恐吓和故作姿态的驱使。
• 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。
• To bluster through a lesson because you haven't done your homework.
  因为没做家庭作业，所以你整节课无所获。
• For now, however, much of China's recent bluster turned out to be self-defeating.
  不管怎样，到目前为止，中国发出的大多数恫吓结果都是固地自封、弄巧成拙。
• She simply ignored his bluster as empty rhetoric.
  她把他的咆哮只当作虚张声势的言词而不予理睬。
• 'That's lunacy,' he blustered
  “那真是疯了，”他吼道。
• There was a bluster and zest in Anthony.
  安东尼身上有一种疯狂和热情。
• 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。