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bragging

/brag/US // bræg //UK // (bræɡ) //

吹牛,吹嘘,吹牛的人,吹捧

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    bragged, brag·ging.

    • : to use boastful language; boast: He bragged endlessly about his high score.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    bragged, brag·ging.

    • : to boast of: He bragged that he had won.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a boast or vaunt.
    • : a thing to boast of.
    • : a boaster.
    • : an old English card game similar to poker.
adj.形容词 adjective
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    • : Archaic. unusually fine; first-rate.

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Examples

  • Carolyn LydenDirector of Search ContentIf your clients are proud of their business tenure, they can now brag about it in their Google My Business listing.

  • There is a world of difference between bragging about something to the point of hurting someone’s feelings, and simply being happy to share one’s good fortune.

  • He couldn’t wait to brag about whatever he had done in his Little League game or at school.

  • Try to be as specific as possible and highlight technical aspects instead of just bragging about your product quality and benefits.

  • Of course, that’s why a meme format making fun of scenarios where things don’t quite work out how you expect was pretty much universally relatable this year—even if it did start out as a cutesy way to brag about your relationship.

  • They openly brag about how gamers are “programmed to win” as a positive thing.

  • So much of the book—even the title—seemed like a giant humble-brag.

  • They brag that they focus their “complete attention on executing each step of the distillation process.”

  • It is an awesome thing to brag about, that you are in the same circle as Ice Cube.

  • Beethoven, of course, was no stranger to megalomania, and he even loved to brag to his friends about his vanity.

  • Guillaume d'Orange spake up after the Emperor and made the second brag.

  • His presence became known to the authorities and an indiscreet declaration, “Campion Brag,” made the position more difficult.

  • And he'd howl down the ro'd in a big cloud of dust, For he made it his brag he was allus there fust.

  • He's never had no appetite to brag of; but for a week past he's been eatin' like a bird.

  • Brag not too much, for fear I should expect it, Then if you fail—Cham.