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 bluster ['blʌstɚ]   添加此单词到默认生词本
vt. 风狂吹, 咆哮, 汹涌

vi. 咆哮着说出, 恐吓

n. 狂风声, 巨浪声, 夸口, 大话


  1. The gale blustered all night.
    大风刮了一夜。
  2. He blustered his way through the crowd.
    他吆喝着挤过人群。
  3. I wasn't frightened by what he said it was just bluster.
    他说的话吓不倒我--不过是雷声大,雨点小。


bluster
[ noun ]
  1. noisy confusion and turbulence

  2. <noun.state>
    he was awakened by the bluster of their preparations
  3. a swaggering show of courage

  4. <noun.communication>
  5. a violent gusty wind

  6. <noun.phenomenon>
  7. vain and empty boasting

  8. <noun.communication>
[ verb ]
  1. blow hard; be gusty, as of wind

  2. <verb.weather>
    A southeaster blustered onshore
    The flames blustered
  3. show off

  4. <verb.communication> blow boast brag gas gasconade shoot a line swash tout vaunt
  5. act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner

  6. <verb.body>
    swagger swash


Bluster \Blus"ter\, v. t.
To utter, or do, with noisy violence; to force by blustering;
to bully.

He bloweth and blustereth out . . . his abominable
blasphemy. --Sir T. More.

As if therewith he meant to bluster all princes into a
perfect obedience to his commands. --Fuller.


Bluster \Blus"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blustered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Blustering}.] [Allied to blast.]
1. To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be
windy and boisterous, as the weather.

And ever-threatening storms
Of Chaos blustering round. --Milton.

2. To talk with noisy violence; to swagger, as a turbulent or
boasting person; to act in a noisy, tumultuous way; to
play the bully; to storm; to rage.

Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic
tyrants. --Burke.


Bluster \Blus"ter\, n.
1. Fitful noise and violence, as of a storm; violent winds;
boisterousness.

To the winds they set
Their corners, when with bluster to confound
Sea, air, and shore. --Milton.

2. Noisy and violent or threatening talk; noisy and boastful
language. --L'Estrange.

Syn: Noise; boisterousness; tumult; turbulence; confusion;
boasting; swaggering; bullying.

  1. That may sound like bluster - but it is a brave person who ignores it.
  2. A better option, some suggest, is for the U.S. to redouble its efforts to build rapport with Mr. Hussein despite his bluster.
  3. Until last week, the financial markets had considered the central bank's tough stance mere posturing, the necessary bluster of a good watchdog.
  4. After months of escalating administration bluster, Gen.
  5. Indeed, the Contras' success may account for some of the Ortegas' current bluster.
  6. Mr Douglas Hurd, the UK foreign secretary, said the Danish vote was 'not a reason to stop others going ahead'. Do Denmark's partners mean business or just bluster?
  7. But Bidwell isn't all bluster.
  8. "Beyond the bluster which we each maintained, Terry's life was shaping itself toward his children with this deep burden of love, this deep burden of need.
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