bombast
音標發(fā)音
- 英式音標 [?b?m.b?st]
- 美式音標 [?bɑ?m.b?st]
- 國際音標 ['b?mb?st]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- n. 夸大的言辭
- adj. 夸大的
詞根記憶
- bomb(空洞的聲音；炸彈) + ast→像炮彈聲→高調(diào)
- bomb(爆炸) + ast(看作ask，要求)→爆炸式的要求→夸大的言辭
同根派生
- adj性質(zhì)的同根詞
- bombastic：夸大的；言過其實的。
- adv性質(zhì)的同根詞
- bombastically：夸大地；浮華地；言過其實地；矯揉造作地。
英漢例句
- There will be much bombast: Hugo Chávez, Venezuela’s leftist president, will proclaim a “second independence”, this time from alleged domination by the United States.
將會出現(xiàn)很多夸大的言詞︰委內(nèi)瑞拉的左派總統(tǒng)Hugo Chávez將宣告「第二次獨立」，這一是脫離所謂美國的統(tǒng)治。 - Dear Word Detective: What's the origin of the word "bombast"? -- Uptiteallnite, via the internet.
偵探先生,您能否告訴我單詞bombast的由來? - These people are complainers, disgruntled ones who live by their desires; their mouths utter bombast as they fawn over people to gain advantage.
這些人好出怨言，不滿命運；按照自己的私欲行事，他們好說大話，為了利益而奉承他人。 - Mr Gonzales will probably fight terror much as his predecessor did, though with less bombast.
ECONOMIST: A mixed inheritance for America's next attorney-general - But such bombast is now wearing thin as orders for the new Airbus roll in.
ECONOMIST: Airbus unveils its double-decker for a new era in aviation - Later explosions and pauses hint at Arcade Fire-esque bombast, but they're not as dramatic.
NPR: The Rest: An Artfully Unsteady Pocket Orchestra
雙語例句
權(quán)威例句
詞組短語
- business bombast 商業(yè)泡沫
- bombast n 吹牛的話
- bombast t 高調(diào)
- Default bombast 默認的高調(diào)
- Once Bombast 曾夸下?？?/li>
短語
英英字典
- language that is intentionally difficult, usually to make something sound more important than it is
- Bombast is trying to impress people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning.