| 词汇 | braggart |
| 释义 | braggart noun[ C ] old-fashioneddisapprovinguk /ˈbræɡ.ət/ us /ˈbræɡ.ɚt/ someone who proudly talks a lot about himself or herself and his or her achievements or possessions吹嘘者，自夸者 Synonym blowhardUSinformaldisapproving Boasting bighead blow blow your own trumpetidiom blowhard boast boastful boastfulness brag braggadocio braggadocious bragging rights chest-thumping crow crow about something flex humblebrag outbrag swaggerer toot toot your own hornidiom At the slightest, nay, imaginary insult, the quick-tempered braggart took offense, resorted to the use of the sword, and many an unnecessary strife was raised and many an innocent life lost. Had he looked abashed or mortified, Jenny felt that she might have relented, but the braggart was as all-satisfied, as confident and boastful as ever. He was an insufferable braggart, but never had any success in love. He was shiftless, untidy, a borrower, a pompous braggart, a trouble-maker, forever driving some poor devil into senseless litigation. He was troublesome, ignorant, superstitious, a braggart, cowardly, and sometimes like a madman. Examples of braggartbraggart Only members of the political class, business people or social braggarts used mobile phones at that time. They carried themselves offhandedly, like connoisseurs and braggarts. Such cynics saw honour as a matter of rank and preferment, to be gained by noisy shows of loyalty and the traditional swaggering bravado of the braggart soldier. Some of us might think that there was a braggart in his step amidst all that beauty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Under this wonderful plan of those who are not braggarts and babblers, they are to raise the wages of the agricultural labourers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Although labeled a brawler, braggart, buffoon and scoundrel, he was not worse than some of his slick opponents. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He is ridiculed here as a braggart (lines 822, 1127, 1295). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. His army colleagues reported that he was a liar and braggart, and generally unpopular. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Agunda, who realizes that she doesn't want to marry such a braggart, asks her father to make him prove this. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He is meeting death as he met life with courage but with nothing of the braggart. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He quickly proves to be little more than a cowardly braggart, but is dedicated to the resistance. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Domitian is shown to be a braggart and a cruel egomaniac. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He is a self-centered, loud-mouth braggart who likes to take credit for others' work. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He is something of a braggart and has been know to wildly exaggerate his romantic conquests. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She demurs, noting that he is too much of a braggart. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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