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gascon

/gas-kuhn/US // ˈgæs kən //UK // (ˈɡæskən) //

煤气罐,气孔,煤气公司,煤气中毒

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a native of Gascony, France, the inhabitants of which were reputedly very boastful.
    • : a boaster or braggart.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : pertaining to Gascony or its people.
    • : boastful; bragging.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Armagnac, that underappreciated and fiery Gascon brandy, has a long history.

  • Their jurisdictions overlapped and the Gascon would play second fiddle to no one save to his great brother-in-law.

  • He was Gascon to the backbone, and his tongue too often betrayed his most secret and his most transient thoughts.

  • But while everything seemed so favourable the crafty Gascon from the first foresaw the dangers which beset his path.

  • But the outbreak of the Revolution opened a wider field to the audacious young Gascon.

  • Their eyes fixed, their mouths agape, their hands clasped, they listened with increasing avidity to the Gascon adventurer.