bombastic

a. 夸大的, 夸夸其谈的

发音

UK /bɒmˈbæs.tɪk/
US /bɑmˈbæs.tɪk/
AU

词形变化

more bombastic 比较级 most bombastic 最高级

别名

bombastical bombastick bumbastic bumbastical

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous

  2. 2.

    High-sounding but with little meaning.

  3. 3.

    Inflated, overfilled.

    古体

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 5

large declamatory orotund tumid turgid

近义相关 1

rhetorical

词源

From bombast (“padding, stuffing”) + -ic, 18th century. Sense evolution possibly influenced by unrelated bomb and bombard; see also bombard phrase.

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