ostentate

炫耀, 夸示

发音

/ˈɒstənteɪt/

词形变化

ostentated ostentates 三单 ostentates ostentating ostentating 现在分词 ostentated 过去式 ostentated 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To make an ambitious display of; to exhibit or show boastingly.

    罕用 及物
  2. 2.

    To boast, show off.

    不及物 废旧 罕用

词汇关系

动词

同义词 4

flash flaunt swank show off

上位词 3

display expose exhibit

下位词 2

flex splurge

词源

Borrowed from Latin ostentātus, perfect passive participle of ostentō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), intensive from ostendō. Doublet of ostent.

来源：wiktionary