| 词汇 | swaggering |
| 释义 | swaggering present participle ofswagger swagger verb[ I ] uk /ˈswæɡ.ər/ us /ˈswæɡ.ɚ/ to walk or behave in a way that shows that you are very confident and think that you are important: 大摇大摆地走;昂首阔步地走 They swaggered into the room.他们大摇大摆地走进了房间。 A group of young men swaggered around outside the bar.一群年轻人在酒吧外面大摇大摆地走来走去。 His swaggering self-confidence irritates many people.他趾高气扬的自负神态激怒了很多人。 to walk walkThe baby has just learned to walk. strideShe strode purposefully up to the desk and demanded to speak to the manager. marchHe marched right in to the office and demanded to see the governor. strollWe strolled along the beach. wanderShe wandered from room to room, not sure of what she was looking for. ambleShe ambled down the street, looking in shop windows. Moving firmly on foot breeze clomp clump flounce goose step lope pace parade quick march!idiom sashay stamp stomp stride strut swagger swaggeringly troop unmounted vamp waltz Related wordsswaggerer swaggeringly Examples of swaggeringswaggering In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Certainly, their jailbreaks, public displays of violence, and highly vocal protests fit a familiar image of swaggering and courageous rebels. All of this is said with staggering confidence, swaggering arrogance and the certainty of ignorance. 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. It is therefore the assumption of the trickster persona that allows the narrator to become the swaggering, badman folk villain who is incapable of remaining within traditional societal structures. Such people can be seen every day swaggering up and down the streets of our inner cities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, as he is 14, he was swaggering around the estate once more within days. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But if one belongs to a minority group one can use one's birth not in swaggering displays of uniqueness, believing that one has some special superiority. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Everybody else would do the same, and then you may get a captain away in a far-off sea, perhaps a little elated on occasions, swaggering with his armed merchantman. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He inhabits it fully, strutting and swaggering and even, spoofing himself. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He added that the album spends more time on the softer side in comparison to the swaggering of most of his previous albums. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The book is crammed with bragging and swaggering, pseudoscientific bombast, platitudes and vulgarities, and a great deal of sheer nonsense. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. His name became a byword for a swaggering fool. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The deafening, swaggering roar of their music was made to be loud, fast, and as sweaty as possible. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Often the suspension is modified so the front end sits slightly higher than the rear end, giving the car a swaggering appearance. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The band's image of themselves as swaggering, pioneering visionaries meant employing a backwards perspective instead of looking forward. 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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