• vt. 咆哮；狂吹；夸口；威嚇；氣勢洶洶地說
• vi. 咆哮；恫嚇
• n. 怒號；嚇唬

詞源同bluff, 吹噓，恐嚇。

bluster (n.)

1580s, from bluster (v.).

bluster (v.)

late 14c., from a Low German source, such as Middle Low German blüstren "to blow violently," East Frisian blüstern "to bluster" (see blow (v.1)). Related: Blustered; blustering.

1. Of course, his bluster was directed against me as well.

當然, 他指桑罵槐,矛頭是針對我的.

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2. We could hear the bluster of the wind and rain.

我們能聽到狂風暴雨的吹打聲.

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3. He was inclined to bluster at first, but he soon dropped.

起初他老愛吵鬧一陣, 可是不久就不做聲了.

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4. Military planning drove decisions; bluster and posturing drove diplomacy.

決定受軍事策劃的驅使; 外交受恐嚇和故作姿態的驅使.

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5. Lou began to bluster, as he always did when he talked politics.

婁開始打開了話匣子,只要談政治, 他總是這樣.

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