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

• All bluff and bluster; in their bones they're afraid to die!
  表面上耀武扬威，骨子里贪生怕死。
• Beneath the bluster, participants are beginning to notice this problem and the difficulty of solving it.
  在这种喧嚣之下，参与者开始关注这个问题以及解决该问题的困难。
• He impressed no one by his bluster.
  他的大话没有给任何人留下印象。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• All this would no doubt elicit more bluster from Pyongyang which might even try to provoke low-level skirmishes with Seoul.
  这一切无疑会令平壤更加大发雷霆它甚至可能会试图挑起与首尔低层次的小规模冲突。
• The three would exchange stories of evading the Imperials, telling tall tales full of bravado and bluster.
  这三个人都喜欢在对方面前吹嘘自己如何躲避帝国的追捕，他们的故事里充满了虚张声势的情节。
• There was a bluster and zest in Anthony.
  安东尼身上有一种疯狂和热情。
• 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。