bluff是什么意思？

bluff

英[blʌf] 美[blʌf]

• vi. 吓唬；
• vt. 吓唬，愚弄，以假象欺骗，虚张声势；
• n. 欺骗，恐吓，悬崖，虚张声势的人；
• adj. 直率的，爽快的；

复数：bluffs;

过去式：bluffed;

过去分词：bluffed;

现在分词：bluffing;

第三人称单数：bluffs;

例句

• He has a bluff way of speaking, but a kind heart. 他说话直率, 但心地善良。
• It is not easy to climb a bluff mountain. 登上陡峭的山可不容易。
• He could bluff his way through any difficulty. 他可以招摇撞骗闯过任何难关。
• However, bankers called the technocrats'bluff and proceeded to lend with gusto. 但是, 银行家们称技术专家官员不过在虚张声势,并且还会乐观的继续借贷业务.
• His bluff exterior belied a connoisseur of antiques. 他作风粗放,令人看不出他是古董鉴赏家.
• He is kind and friendly despite his rather bluff manner. 他为人厚道,待人亲切,虽然态度有点粗鲁.
• What we're at here is a game of bluff. 我们此时陷入的是一场骗局。
• Wade was a hearty, bluff, athletic sort of guy. 韦德是个精力充沛、率直、运动型的人。
• In truth, however , the treaty was a bluff on the part of the Asgard. 但真相确实, 条约只是asgard虚张声势而已.
• It cost about 65 cents a month to subscribe to the Pine Bluff , Ark ., Commercial. 他每月花约6角5分订阅阿肯色州 恩布拉夫 出版的《商业》报.

词组

• call someone's bluff
  challenge someone to carry out a stated intention, in the expectation of being able to expose it as a pretence 戳穿某人的幌子，揭穿某人的谎言

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-VAR
  欺骗；误导；吓唬；虚张声势
  A bluff is an attempt to make someone believe that you will do something when you do not really intend to do it.
  例句
  The letter was a bluff... 这封信不过是吓唬人罢了。 It is essential to build up the military option and show that this is not a bluff... 关键是要做好采取军事行动的准备，以表明这不是虚张声势。
• PHRASE
  （因料到对方不敢行动而）要求…摊牌，接受…的挑战
  If you call someone's bluff, you tell them to do what they have been threatening to do, because you are sure that they will not really do it.
  例句
  The Socialists have decided to call the opposition's bluff. 社会党人已经决定接受对方的挑战。
• VERB
  欺骗；误导；吓唬；虚张声势
  If you bluff, you make someone believe that you will do something when you do not really intend to do it, or that you know something when you do not really know it.
  例句
  Either side, or both, could be bluffing... 任何一方，或者双方，都可能是在故弄玄虚。 In each case the hijackers bluffed the crew using fake grenades... 每一个案例中，劫机者都用了假手榴弹吓唬机组人员。
• N-COUNT
  （尤指河边或海边的）悬崖，峭壁，陡岸
  A bluff is a steep cliff or bank, especially by a river or the sea.
  例句
  ...a high bluff over the Congaree River. 康加里河边高耸的峭壁
• ADJ-GRADED
  坦率的；坦白的；直言的
  If you describe someone, usually a man, as bluff, you mean that they have a very direct way of speaking and behaving.
  例句
  He comes across as a man with a bluff exterior who, beyond that, is difficult to get to know... 他给人感觉是一个直来直去的人，但内心却让人捉摸不透。 He has continued to write with a bluff, vivid humour about Yorkshire life. 他继续用一种直白而又诙谐生动的笔触描绘着约克郡的生活。

英汉词典释义

• vi.
  以假象欺骗, 吹牛
  He says he'll win the race, but he's only bluffing. 他说他会赢得这场比赛, 事实上只是在吹牛。
• vt.
  以虚张声势找出或达成
  He could bluff his way through any difficulty. 他可以招摇撞骗闯过任何难关。
• n.
  悬崖, 峭壁
  It is not easy to climb a bluff mountain. 登上陡峭的山可不容易。
• adj.
  直率的, 爽快的, 粗率的
  He has a bluff way of speaking, but a kind heart. 他说话直率, 但心地善良。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)
  2. pretense that your position is stronger than it really is;
  "his bluff succeeded in getting him accepted"
  3. the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards
• Verb
  1. deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand
  2. frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is
• Adjective
  1. very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front;
  "a bluff headland""where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise""a sheer descent of rock"
  2. bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured;
  "a bluff but pleasant manner""a bluff and rugged natural leader"

行业词典

• 体育： 不良流线体；非流线型物体；