boasting是什么意思？

boasting

英['bəʊstɪŋ] 美['boʊstɪŋ]

• v. 有（引以为荣的事物）( boast的现在分词 )，扬言，粗堑石头；

例句

• He always swaggers boasting about any little thing he has done. 他做了一点儿事,就到处丑表功.
• Let's not have any boasting. 咱们谁也别说嘴.
• This chap likes to exaggerate and is good at nothing but boasting. 这个人言过其实,就会吹牛皮放大炮.
• He's always boasting about how clever his children are. 他总是自吹他的小孩是多么聪明.
• The captain is always boasting of his military valor. 上尉老是自夸阵前之勇.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  吹嘘；炫耀；夸耀
  If someone boasts about something that they have done or that they own, they talk about it very proudly, in a way that other people may find irritating or offensive.
  例句
  Witnesses said Furci boasted that he took part in killing them... 几位证人声称富尔奇曾吹嘘自己参与了对他们的屠杀。 Carol boasted about her costume... 卡萝尔炫耀着自己的穿着打扮。
• VERB
  有，拥有（值得骄傲的成就或财产）
  If someone or something can boast a particular achievement or possession, they have achieved or possess that thing.
  例句
  The houses will boast the latest energy-saving technology... 这些房屋将应用最新的节能技术。 Frommen says his country boasts a healthy economy. 弗罗曼称他的国家经济运行良好。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. speaking of yourself in superlatives