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gasbag

/gas-bag/US // ˈgæsˌbæg //UK // (ˈɡæsˌbæɡ) informal //

气囊,气袋,煤气包,毒气包

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a bag for holding gas, as in a balloon or dirigible.
    • : Slang. a talkative, boastful person; windbag.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inhot-air balloon

Examples

  • The gasbag is in two parts—a tough shell and a gastight bladder, the latter being designed to be discarded if it leaks.

  • Don't gasbag about sin, when the sexual act is no more sinful than eating.

  • Why hadn't that white-haired gasbag, Mrs. Bilton—Mr. Twist's thoughts were sometimes unjust—joined them sooner?

  • The collapse of Gasbag can have surprised no careful reader of these columns.

  • First comes the typical Russian gasbag, who talks and then talks some more.

  • It was Maynard's fault; he was conceited, and a gasbag, and talked about the wrong things.