swagger

英['swægə] 美['swæɡɚ]
  • vt. 吓唬;趾高气扬地行走或行事
  • vi. 大摇大摆;吹牛;虚张声势吓人
  • n. 大摇大摆;吹牛;威吓;下摆散开状的女式短大衣
  • adj. 炫耀的;时髦的

词态变化


第三人称单数: swaggers;过去式: swaggered;过去分词: swaggered;现在分词: swaggering;

助记提示


1. swing => swag.
2. frequentative form of swag.
3. sway => swag => swagger.

中文词源


swagger 昂首阔步,夸耀,炫耀

来自 swag,摇摆地走,-er,表反复。引申词义昴首阔步,夸耀,炫耀。

英文词源


swagger (v.)
1580s, "to strut in a defiant or insolent manner;" earliest recorded usages are in Shakespeare ("Midsummer Night's Dream," "2 Henry IV," "King Lear"), probably a frequentative form of swag (v.) "to sway." Meaning "to boast or brag" is from 1590s. Related: Swaggered; swaggering. The noun is attested from 1725.

双语例句


1. He walked with something of a swagger.
他趾高气扬地走着。

来自柯林斯例句

2. He emerged with a macho swagger.
他大摇大摆地走了出来.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Let my nephew and Goldthred swagger about their wager as they list.
让我外甥和戈德斯雷德去信口开河地打赌,随他们的便吧.

来自辞典例句

4. Ants on the locust tree assume a great - nation swagger.
蚂蚁缘槐夸大国.

来自辞典例句

5. Indeed, Romona did look like those figures of sex and swagger.
的确, 雷蒙看起来很象那种性感十足的轻佻的人.

来自辞典例句