贰靶汉英词典

bombast

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˈbɒm.bæst]
  • 美式音标 [ˈbɑːm.bæst]
  • 国际音标 ['bɔmbæst]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • n. 誇大的言辤
  • adj. 誇大的

词根记忆

  • bomb(空洞的聲音；炸彈) + ast→像砲彈聲→高調
  • bomb(爆炸) + ast(看作ask，要求)→爆炸式的要求→誇大的言辤

同根派生

  • adj性質的同根詞
    bombastic：誇大的；言過其實的。
  • adv性質的同根詞
    bombastically：誇大地；浮華地；言過其實地；矯揉造作地。

英汉例句

    雙語例句

  • There will be much bombast: Hugo Chávez, Venezuela’s leftist president, will proclaim a “second independence”, this time from alleged domination by the United States.
    將會出現很多誇大的言詞︰委內瑞拉的左派縂統Hugo Chávez將宣告「第二次獨立」，這一是脫離所謂美國的統治。
  • Dear Word Detective: What's the origin of the word "bombast"? -- Uptiteallnite, via the internet.
    偵探先生,您能否告訴我單詞bombast的由來?
  • These people are complainers, disgruntled ones who live by their desires; their mouths utter bombast as they fawn over people to gain advantage.
    這些人好出怨言，不滿命運；按照自己的私欲行事，他們好說大話，爲了利益而奉承他人。

    • 權威例句

  • Mr Gonzales will probably fight terror much as his predecessor did, though with less bombast.
    ECONOMIST: A mixed inheritance for America's next attorney-general
  • But such bombast is now wearing thin as orders for the new Airbus roll in.
    ECONOMIST: Airbus unveils its double-decker for a new era in aviation
  • Later explosions and pauses hint at Arcade Fire-esque bombast, but they're not as dramatic.
    NPR: The Rest: An Artfully Unsteady Pocket Orchestra

词组短语

    短語

  • business bombast 商業泡沫
  • bombast n 吹牛的話
  • bombast t 高調
  • Default bombast 默認的高調
  • Once Bombast 曾誇下海口

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • language that is intentionally difficult, usually to make something sound more important than it is

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • Bombast is trying to impress people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning.