记忆方法
1. 谐音: 抱死他，拥抱是不会死的。=> 吹牛。
2. boast 【联系boost 提高，增加，举，抬】自吹自擂 -----吹牛吹上了天。
2. boast 【联系boost 提高，增加，举，抬】自吹自擂 -----吹牛吹上了天。
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词族 · boast
中文词源
boast 吹牛
来自PIE *bheu, 膨胀，鼓起，吹。词源同bucket, 圆木桶。
英语词源
- boast
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boast: [13] The immediate source of boast appears to be Anglo-Norman bost, but where it came from before that is far from clear; German dialect bauste(r)n ‘swell’ has been compared, suggesting that it could be of Germanic origin. To begin with it meant ‘loud or threatening talk’ as well as ‘bragging’.
- boast (n.)
- mid-13c., "arrogance, presumption, pride, vanity;" c. 1300, "a brag, boastful speech," from Anglo-French bost "ostentation," probably via Scandinavian (compare Norwegian baus "proud, bold, daring"), from Proto-Germanic *bausia "to blow up, puff up, swell" (cognates: Middle High German bus "swelling," dialectal German baustern "to swell;" Middle Dutch bose, Dutch boos "evil, wicked, angry," Old High German bosi "worthless, slanderous," German böse "evil, bad, angry"), from PIE *bhou-, variant of root *beu-, *bheu- "to grow, swell" (see bull (n.2)).
The notion apparently is of being "puffed up" with pride; compare Old English belgan "to become angry, offend, provoke," belg "anger, arrogance," from the same root as bellows and belly (n.). Related: Boasted; boasting. An Old English word for "boasting" was micelsprecende, "big talk." - boast (v.)
- early 14c., "to brag, speak arrogantly;" from the same source as boast (n.). Related: Boasted; boasting.
权威例句
- 1. We remember our mother's stern instructions not to boast.
- 我们谨记母亲不许我们在人前炫耀的严厉教诲。
- 2. This year's festival can boast a decently long list of sponsors.
- 今年该活动节将会拥有相当多的赞助商。
- 3. His statement isn't merely an idle boast.
- 他的话不仅仅是虚张声势的自夸。
- 4. I don't want to boast, but I can actually speak six languages.
- 不是我吹嘘，我确实能讲六种语言。
- 5. It is nothing to boast of.
- 这没有什么可夸耀的.
词语辨析
【pride, boast, brag, crow】
这组词都有“自夸，吹嘘”的意思，其区别是：
pride: 与boast的意义较接近，指炫耀、夸口，自鸣得意，常与反身代词连用。
boast: 普通用词，指对自己所做的事，自己的长处、财富以及家庭等的夸耀，常含言过其实的意味。
brag: 非正式用词，其夸耀和吹嘘意味强于boast，到了过分夸大，有时令人讨厌的地步。
crow: 多指大声吵嚷地吹嘘，夸耀自己做某事比他人做得好。
这组词都有“自夸，吹嘘”的意思，其区别是：
pride: 与boast的意义较接近，指炫耀、夸口，自鸣得意，常与反身代词连用。
boast: 普通用词，指对自己所做的事，自己的长处、财富以及家庭等的夸耀，常含言过其实的意味。
brag: 非正式用词，其夸耀和吹嘘意味强于boast，到了过分夸大，有时令人讨厌的地步。
crow: 多指大声吵嚷地吹嘘，夸耀自己做某事比他人做得好。