beat one's chest

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词形变化

beaten one's chest beating one's chest beats one's chest 三单 beats one's chest beating one's chest 现在分词 beaten one's chest 过去式 beaten one's chest 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To brag ostentatiously.

    beating his chest about his accomplishments

  2. 2.

    Synonym of beat one's breast (“lament”).

词源

The bragging sense may have come from, and certainly connotatively evokes, the theme of gorillas beating their chests in displays of dominance, aggression, defense, or otherwise.

来源：wiktionary