boast是什么意思_boast怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

boast: boast: [13] The immediate source of boast appears to be Anglo-Norman bost, but where it came from before that is far from clear; German dialect bauste(r)n ‘swell’ has been compared, suggesting that it could be of Germanic origin. To begin with it meant ‘loud or threatening talk’ as well as ‘bragging’.
boast (n.): mid-13c., "arrogance, presumption, pride, vanity;" c. 1300, "a brag, boastful speech," from Anglo-French bost "ostentation," probably via Scandinavian (compare Norwegian baus "proud, bold, daring"), from Proto-Germanic *bausia "to blow up, puff up, swell" (cognates: Middle High German bus "swelling," dialectal German baustern "to swell;" Middle Dutch bose, Dutch boos "evil, wicked, angry," Old High German bosi "worthless, slanderous," German böse "evil, bad, angry"), from PIE *bhou-, variant of root *beu-, *bheu- "to grow, swell" (see bull (n.2)).

The notion apparently is of being "puffed up" with pride; compare Old English belgan "to become angry, offend, provoke," belg "anger, arrogance," from the same root as bellows and belly (n.). Related: Boasted; boasting. An Old English word for "boasting" was micelsprecende, "big talk."
boast (v.): early 14c., "to brag, speak arrogantly;" from the same source as boast (n.). Related: Boasted; boasting.

词态变化

第三人称单数 boasts;
过去式 boasted;
过去分词 boasted;
现在分词 boasting;

权威造句

1. We remember our mother"s stern instructions not to boast.: 我们谨记母亲不许我们在人前炫耀的严厉教诲。

2. This year"s festival can boast a decently long list of sponsors.: 今年该活动节将会拥有相当多的赞助商。

3. His statement isn"t merely an idle boast.: 他的话不仅仅是虚张声势的自夸。

4. I don"t want to boast, but I can actually speak six languages.: 不是我吹嘘，我确实能讲六种语言。

5. It is nothing to boast of.: 这没有什么可夸耀的.

近反义词

v. & n.

brag

pride

相似短语

boast it 自大自夸

boast of 吹嘘;引以自豪地拥有

boast about 吹嘘;引以自豪地拥有

boast oneself of 自负自夸

brag and boast 自吹自擂

make a boast of... 自豪地说到...

单词分析

这些动词均含有“自夸，吹嘘”之意。
boast普通用词，指对自己所做的事，自己的长处、财富以及家庭等的夸耀，常含言过其实的意味。
brag非正式用词，其夸耀和吹嘘意味强于boast，到了过分夸大，有时令人讨厌的地步。
crow多指大声吵嚷地吹嘘，夸耀自己做某事比他人做得好。
pride与boast的意义较接近，指炫耀、夸口，自鸣得意，常与反身代词连用。

记忆方法

1. 谐音: 抱死他，拥抱是不会死的。=> 吹牛。
2. boast 【联系boost 提高，增加，举，抬】自吹自擂 -----吹牛吹上了天。

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