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bombast n.高调，夸大之辞 bombast (n.) 1560s, "cotton padding," corrupted from earlier bombace (1550s), from Old French bombace "cotton, cotton wadding," from Late Latin bombacem, accusative of bombax "cotton, 'linteorum aut aliae quaevis quisquiliae,' " a corruption and transferred use of Latin bombyx "silk," from Greek bombyx "silk, silkworm" (which also came to mean "cotton" in Medieval Greek), from some oriental word, perhaps related to Iranian pambak (modern panba) or Armenian bambok, perhaps ultimately from a PIE root meaning "to twist, wind." From stuffing and padding for clothes or upholstery, meaning extended to "pompous, empty speech" (1580s).Also from the same source are Swedish bomull, Danish bomuld "cotton," and, via Turkish forms, Modern Greek mpampaki, Rumanian bumbac, Serbo-Croatian pamuk. German baumwolle "cotton" is probably from the Latin word but altered by folk-etymology to look like "tree wool." Polish bawełna, Lithuanian bovelna are partial translations from German. 【记】bomb + boast；bomb + 音：死它；bomb + bast bast 树内皮 听起来象炸弹，脸象树皮，真能吹。

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['bɔmbæst] 【英】 n.高调，夸大之辞(po mpous language)【考】 bombast : pompous / tirade : critical / drivel : nonsensical(夸大之辞是夸大的/ 攻击性演说是批判的/ 胡说是无意义的)反义词: down-to-earth language(实事求是的 话); understated(保守地 说); unpretentious(谦逊的)【记】 bomb(空洞的声音; 炸弹)+ast→唱高调【同】 派生词: bombastic (adj.唱高调的grandi loquent) n. 高调, 夸大之辞 = highfalutin = rant = rhapsody = rodomontade【例】Their eloquence is all bombast 他们的雄辩是虚张声势【记】bomb(n 炸弹)－说话象炸弹－夸大之辞【类】bombast: pompous = tirade: critical = drivel: nonsensical高调是华而不实的 = 攻击性演说是批判的 = 胡说是无意义的pompous: bombast = exaggerated: hyperbole浮夸的夸大言辞 = 夸大的夸张法【反】down-to-earth language(实事求是的话); understate(v 打着折扣说; 保守地说)

单词	bombast
音标	['bɔmbæst]
解释	n.高调，夸大之辞
红宝书	【英】 n.高调，夸大之辞(po mpous language) 【考】 bombast : pompous / tirade : critical / drivel : nonsensical(夸大之辞是夸大的/ 攻击性演说是批判的/ 胡说是无意义的)反义词: down-to-earth language(实事求是的话); understated(保守地说); unpretentious(谦逊的) 【记】 bomb(空洞的声音; 炸弹)+ast→唱高调【同】派生词: bombastic (adj.唱高调的grandi loquent)
字源	bombast (n.) 1560s, "cotton padding," corrupted from earlier bombace (1550s), from Old French bombace "cotton, cotton wadding," from Late Latin bombacem, accusative of bombax "cotton, 'linteorum aut aliae quaevis quisquiliae,' " a corruption and transferred use of Latin bombyx "silk," from Greek bombyx "silk, silkworm" (which also came to mean "cotton" in Medieval Greek), from some oriental word, perhaps related to Iranian pambak (modern panba) or Armenian bambok, perhaps ultimately from a PIE root meaning "to twist, wind." From stuffing and padding for clothes or upholstery, meaning extended to "pompous, empty speech" (1580s). Also from the same source are Swedish bomull, Danish bomuld "cotton," and, via Turkish forms, Modern Greek mpampaki, Rumanian bumbac, Serbo-Croatian pamuk. German baumwolle "cotton" is probably from the Latin word but altered by folk-etymology to look like "tree wool." Polish bawełna, Lithuanian bovelna are partial translations from German.
不择手段背单词	n. 高调, 夸大之辞 = highfalutin = rant = rhapsody = rodomontade 【例】Their eloquence is all bombast 他们的雄辩是虚张声势【记】bomb(n 炸弹)－说话象炸弹－夸大之辞【类】bombast: pompous = tirade: critical = drivel: nonsensical高调是华而不实的 = 攻击性演说是批判的 = 胡说是无意义的pompous: bombast = exaggerated: hyperbole浮夸的夸大言辞 = 夸大的夸张法【反】down-to-earth language(实事求是的话); understate(v 打着折扣说; 保守地说)
趣味全助记	【记】bomb + boast；bomb + 音：死它；bomb + bast bast 树内皮听起来象炸弹，脸象树皮，真能吹。

Bombast Latin Pompous Critical Bombace Cotton Bombyx Greek