boast的词性,音标,,短语,例句。

boast: [ b?ust ]

n. 吹牛

v. 吹牛,自夸

词形变化:

形容词:boastful 副词:boastfully 名词:boaster 动词过去式:boasted 过去分词:boasted 现在分词:boasting 第三人称单数:boasts

例句与用法:

1. Don't believe him; he is just boasting.

别相信他,他只是在吹嘘罢了。

2. It is one of their proudest boasts that they have halved the death rate from typhoid.

他们使伤寒病人的死亡率降低了一半,这是他们最感骄傲的事之一。

英英解释:

名词boast:

1. speaking of yourself in superlatives

同义词:boasting, self-praise, jactitation

动词boast:

1. show off

同义词:tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade

2. wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner

同义词:sport, feature