boast

boast¹
verb

[reporting verb]talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities
自夸，自吹自擂，夸耀
[with direct speech]Ted used to boast ‘I manage ten people’.
特德过去常吹嘘道: "我管十个人。
[with clause]he boasted that he had taken part in the crime.
他自吹自擂说自己参与了那桩犯罪活动。
[noobj.]she boasted about her many conquests.
她自夸有很多人拜倒在她的石榴裙下。
[with obj.](of a person, place, or thing) possess (a feature that is a source of pride)
（人，地方，事物）拥有（可引以自豪的特点）
the hotel boasts high standards of comfort.
那家宾馆提供高标准的服务使旅客舒适满意。

noun

an act of talking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction
自夸，自吹自擂，夸耀
I said I would score and it wasn't an idle boast.
我说我会得分，这不是无聊的吹牛。

派生
boaster
noun
boastingly
adverb
语源

boast²
noun

(in squash) a stroke in which the ball is made to hit one of the side walls before hitting the front wall
（壁球用语）侧墙球

语源

late 19th cent.: perhaps from French bosse denoting a rounded projection in the wall of a court for real tennis

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