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

• 'That's lunacy,' he blustered
  “那真是疯了，”他吼道。
• Ah, the pomposity of his tone, the bluster, the arrogance.
  啊，他那巧舌如簧，那咆哮，那傲慢。
• I wasn't frightened by what he said it was just bluster.
  他说的话吓不倒我&不过是雷声大，雨点小。
• Empty bluster is unlikely to bother China.
  对于空洞的咆哮，中国大概会无动于衷。
• His life of bluster, glitter and power.
  他那充满了喧嚣、刺激和权势的生活。
• 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。
• Why don't you take you and your bluster the hell out of here?
  你干吗不闭上鸟嘴从这滚出去？
• There was a bluster and zest in Anthony.
  安东尼身上有一种疯狂和热情。
• 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 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。