单词 | swagger |
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音标 | ['swægə] |
解释 | v.大摇大摆地走 |
红宝书 | 【英】 v.大摇大摆地走 (to walk with an air of over self-confidence) 【考】 swagger : bravado / caress : affection(大摇大摆表示虚张声 势/爱抚表示爱)blustering(pontific ate): speak / swaggerng : walk(骄傲无礼地说/大摇 大摆地走)fawn : hauteur / self-depreciate : swagger(阿谀对傲慢/自卑对 狂妄) 【记】 参考:waddle(鸭子摇 摆着走) 【同】 参考:waddle(鸭子摇 摆着走) 【例】 He swaggered along the street. |
字源 | swagger (v.) 1580s, "to strut in a defiant or insolent manner;" earliest recorded usages are in Shakespeare ("Midsummer Night's Dream," "2 Henry IV," "King Lear"), probably a frequentative form of swag (v.) "to sway." Meaning "to boast or brag" is from 1590s. Related: Swaggered; swaggering. The noun is attested from 1725. |
不择手段背单词 | v. /n. 大摇大摆地走(以傲慢无礼或自大的态度行走) = strut; 吹牛 = braggadocio 【记】源于: waddle(n /v 象鸭子一样摇摆着走)源于: swag(n /v 摇摆); wag(n /v 摇摆); sway(v 摇摆) 【类】swagger: bravado = caress: affection大摇大摆表示虚张声势 = 爱抚表示爱blustering[pontificate]: speak = swaggering: walk骄傲无礼地说 = 大摇大摆地走fawn: hauteur[imperiousness] = self-depreciate: swagger阿谀不是傲慢 = 自卑不是狂妄 |
趣味全助记 | 【记】swing摇摆 + er 摇摆者;wage 工资+ er 发了工资的,工资高的人走路大摇大摆,高兴而自大; |
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