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boast

/bohst/US // boʊst //UK // (bəʊst) //

夸口说,夸耀,夸夸其谈,夸口

Related Words

bluster虚张声势,唬人,耀武扬威advertise宣传,做广告,登广告,做宣传exhibit展览,展品,展出,展现claim声称,宣称,主张,要求own自己的,拥有,自己,属于自己的possess拥有,具有,具备,占有grandiloquence大言不惭,大言不惭的,大言不惭地,大嘴swank挥霍无度,挥霍,挥杆,挥霍浪费exaggeration夸大其词,夸大其辞,夸张,夸大之词self-satisfaction自我满足,自我满意,自我感觉良好,自我满足感joy快乐,乐趣,喜悦,欢乐gasconade煤气中毒,煤气罐,煤气康德,煤气爆炸treasure宝藏,宝物,宝,宝库bravado虚张声势,勇气,勇于担当,勇敢的人pretension矫揉造作,矫枉过正,矫情,矫饰性bombast高谈阔论,高调,高调行事braggadocio夸夸其谈,夸大其词,夸夸其谈的人avowal誓词,誓言,宣誓,宣称pride骄傲,自豪,自豪感,尊严vaunt夸奖,夸赞,夸耀,夸张

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to speak with exaggeration and excessive pride, especially about oneself.
    • : to speak with pride: He boasted of his family's wealth.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to speak of with excessive pride or vanity: He boasts himself a genius.
    • : to be proud in the possession of: The town boasts a new school.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a thing boasted of; a cause for pride: Talent is his boast. It is her boast that she has never betrayed a friend.
    • : exaggerated or objectionable speech; bragging: empty boasts and threats.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounbrag; source of pride
Forms: boasted, boasting, boasts
Synonyms
bluster虚张声势,唬人,耀武扬威avowal誓词,誓言,宣誓,宣称bombast高谈阔论,高调,高调行事braggadocio夸夸其谈,夸大其词,夸夸其谈的人bravado虚张声势,勇气,勇于担当,勇敢的人exaggeration夸大其词,夸大其辞,夸张,夸大之词gasconade煤气中毒,煤气罐,煤气康德,煤气爆炸grandiloquence大言不惭,大言不惭的,大言不惭地,大嘴heroics英雄主义,英雄事迹,英勇事迹,英雄本色joy快乐,乐趣,喜悦,欢乐pretension矫揉造作,矫枉过正,矫情,矫饰性pride骄傲,自豪,自豪感,尊严self-satisfaction自我满足,自我满意,自我感觉良好,自我满足感swank挥霍无度,挥霍,挥杆,挥霍浪费treasure宝藏,宝物,宝,宝库vaunt夸奖,夸赞,夸耀,夸张pride and joy自豪与喜悦,骄傲和喜悦,骄傲和快乐,骄傲和自豪
verbbrag
Forms: boasted, boasting, boasts
Synonyms
advertise宣传,做广告,登广告,做宣传aggrandize夸大其词,夸大,夸耀,夸大其辞blow打击,吹,打吹,吹吹bluster虚张声势,唬人,耀武扬威bully恶霸,恃强凌弱,欺负人,欺凌cock-a-doodle-doo公鸡嘟嘟嘟嘟con骗局,骗人,骗术,骗人的crow乌鸦,人群,人群中,人群中的exaggerate夸大其词,夸大其辞,夸张,夸夸其谈exult欢呼雀跃,欣喜若狂,兴高采烈,欢呼fake赝品,伪造,伪造的,冒牌货flaunt炫耀,标榜,夸耀,炫耀一下flourish兴旺,兴旺发达,兴盛,兴起gasconade煤气中毒,煤气罐,煤气康德,煤气爆炸gloat侃侃而谈,侃大山,幸灾乐祸,幸灾乐祸的glory荣光,荣耀,荣华富贵,光荣grandstand看台,看台上,看台的作用,看台上的人jive跳舞,跳跃,欢呼声,跳动prate侈谈,侈靡,侈靡不振,侈奢preen矫枉过正,矫治,矫饰puff泡芙,扑通,扑面而来的,扑灭shoot抛出,抛射,抛投,抛出橄榄枝shovel铲子,铁锹,锸,锹showboat帆船,帆船表演,秀水湾,帆船赛shuck剥皮,剥壳,剥落,剥去sling吊带,吊索,吊绳,吊衣strut大步流星,大摇大摆地走过来,大摇大摆地走出去,大摇大摆地走过来的swagger挥洒自如,挥斥方遒,摇摆不定triumph大胜,凯旋,胜利,凯旋门vapor水汽,水蒸气,蒸汽,水蒸汽attract attention引人注意,引人注目,引起注意,惹人注目blow one's own horn自吹自擂,自鸣得意,自作主张,自矜blow smoke吹烟,冒烟,吹牛,吹嘘congratulate oneself自鸣得意,自贺,自贺其成,自慰flatter oneself谄媚,谄媚自己,拍马屁,谄媚于人give a good account of oneself表现自己,表现出自己,自我介绍,表现出自己的身份hug oneself拥抱自己,拥抱自我,抱团取暖,搂抱自己lay on thick敷衍了事,铺天盖地,敷衍塞责,铺天盖地的psych心理,心理学家,心理学,心理素质show off炫耀,炫耀一下,炫耀一下吧,炫耀一番sound off关闭声音,熄声,熄灭声音,关声talk big大谈特谈,大言不惭地说,大言不惭,大言不惭的说
verbto have advantage
Forms: boasted, boasting, boasts
Synonyms
claim声称,宣称,主张,要求exhibit展览,展品,展出,展现own自己的,拥有,自己,属于自己的possess拥有,具有,具备,占有be proud of感到自豪have in keeping有保持,有保持着,有保持的,有保持的意思pride oneself on感到自豪的是,引以为傲的,引以为豪的,自豪地认为show off炫耀,炫耀一下,炫耀一下吧,炫耀一番

Examples

  • In 2019, it boasted that it could unlock any iPhone and most Android phones.

  • While Tailwind’s filing boasts of leveraging Krim’s expertise, himself having taken a digital consumer brand public, it’s worth noting that public market investors haven’t been ebullient about his current company, Casper.

  • His science and education YouTube channels boast many millions of subscribers, and he has started businesses and written books on the back of that success.

  • The Carolina Hurricanes are one of the least successful franchises in NHL history, boasting the third-worst win percentage of the expansion era.

  • San Diego boasted of its perfect climate, and a lot of people moved here for their health.

  • Liberals either boast or comfort themselves that their own beliefs push humanity forward.

  • Beer-swilling Britain and Spain now boast impressive varietals while America is challenging France with how much wine is consumed.

  • The Great Lakes states, for example, boast the largest concentration of engineering jobs (more than 318,000) of any major region.

  • McConnell did what he did in 2005, and he was foolish enough to boast about it in public less than two weeks before an election.

  • Badges hanging from their necks boast small national flags, and a cacophony of accents represents more than 20 countries.

  • He leant against the wall of his refuge, notwithstanding this boast, and licked the ice to moisten his parched lips.

  • He had discovered that the all-glorious boast of Spain was not exempt from the infirmities of common men.

  • He was good-looking, as far as regularity of features and a well-formed figure went, but mentally not much to boast of.

  • He may have nothing to boast about himself, and his distorted mind may magnify the deeds of the younger man.

  • Piegan shortly proved that he made no vain boast when he asserted his ability to follow their track.

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