boast
- IPA[bōst]
美式
- talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities；(of a person, place, or thing) possess (a feature that is a source of pride)
- an act of talking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction
verb: boast, 3rd person present: boasts, gerund or present participle: boasting, past tense: boasted, past participle: boasted
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities she boasted about her many conquests he boasted that he had taken part in the crime 同義詞 反義詞
- 2. (of a person, place, or thing) possess (a feature that is a source of pride) the hotel boasts high standards of comfort 同義詞
名詞
- 1. an act of talking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction I said I would score, and it wasn't an idle boast 同義詞
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- IPA[bəʊst]
英式
- talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or ... she boasted about her many conquests he boasted that he had taken part in the crime
- an act of talking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction: I said I would win and it wasn't an idle boast
Oxford Dictionary
- IPA[bōst]
美式
- (in squash) a stroke in which the ball is made to hit one of the sidewalls before hitting the ...
Oxford American Dictionary
- IPA[bəʊst]
英式
- (in squash) a stroke in which the ball is made to hit one of the side walls before hitting the ...
Oxford Dictionary
