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Swank V N Turn High German Swæ6k 夸耀,炫耀

单词 swank
音标 [swæ6k]
解释 v. 夸耀,炫耀
红宝书 【英】 v.夸耀,炫耀 (show, swagger, boast)
【记】 分割记忆:swan(天鹅 )+k
【例】 She swank about in her nice fur coat.
字源 swank (adj.)
"stylish, classy, posh," 1913, from earlier noun or verb; "A midland and s.w. dial. word taken into general slang use at the beginning of the 20th cent." [OED]; compare swank (n.) "ostentatious behavior," noted in 1854 as a Northampton word; swank (v.), from 1809 as "to strut, behave ostentatiously." Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic *swank-, from PIE *sweng(w)-, a Germanic root meaning "to swing, turn, toss" (cognates: Middle High German swanken "to sway, totter, turn, swing," Old High German swingan "to swing;" see swing (v.)). Perhaps the notion is of "swinging" the body ostentatiously (compare swagger).
A separate word-thread derives from Old English swancor "pliant, bending," and from this comes swanky (n.) "active or clever young fellow" (c.1500).
不择手段背单词 v. 炫耀 = swagger = strut; adj 奢侈华丽的 = pretentious
【记】swan(n 天鹅), k: 象天鹅一样炫耀自己的羽毛s, wan万, k科: 深万科(房地产巨头), 值得炫耀.
趣味全助记 【记】swan + 音:看,天鹅看起来非常优雅,它爱炫耀自己
【相关】swan ..S + 音:弯, S 型弯的,S象天鹅

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