brandishes是什么意思？

brandishes

• v. 挥舞( brandish的第三人称单数 )，炫耀；

例句

• The old man brandishes his walking stick at the menace dog. 老人对著那条要咬他的狗挥舞手杖吓它走.
• He never brandishes his intellect. 他从不炫耀自己有多聪明.
• She brandishes twin blaster pistols in a pair of hip holsters. 她喜欢在头上戴一朵大红花.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  (威胁地）挥舞（尤指武器）
  If you brandish something, especially a weapon, you hold it in a threatening way.
  例句
  He appeared in the lounge brandishing a knife. 他挥舞着一把小刀，出现在休息室里。