vaunt

大学

v. 自夸 n. 自吹自擂

发音

UK /vɔːnt/
US /vɔnt/
AU /vɑnt/
IN /ʋɔɳʈ/

词形变化

vaunts 复数 vaunted vauntest vaunteth vaunting vaunts 三单 vaunts vaunting 现在分词 vaunted 过去式 vaunted 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

自夸；吹嘘

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An instance of vaunting; a boast.

  2. 1.

    The first part.

    废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    To speak boastfully.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To speak boastfully about.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation.

    及物

    Near-synonym: flaunt

词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

boast boasting jactitation self-praise
动词

同义词 8

blow gas brag boast tout bluster gasconade swash

上位词 7

exaggerate amplify magnify overstate hyperbolise hyperbolize overdraw

下位词 4

crow triumph puff gloat

词源

From Middle English vaunten, from Anglo-Norman vaunter, variant of Old French vanter, from Latin vānus (“vain, boastful”).

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