boast 音标拼音: [b'ost]
v . 吹嘘,自夸,自称拥有,以拥有…而自豪
吹嘘,自夸,自称拥有,以拥有…而自豪
boast n 1 :
speaking of yourself in superlatives [
synonym : {
boast },
{
boasting }, {
self -
praise }, {
jactitation }]
v 1 :
show off [
synonym : {
boast }, {
tout }, {
swash }, {
shoot a line },
{
brag }, {
gas }, {
blow }, {
bluster }, {
vaunt }, {
gasconade }]
2 :
wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner ; "
she was sporting a new hat " [
synonym : {
sport }, {
feature }, {
boast }]
Boast \
Boast \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Boasted };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Boasting }.] [
OE .
bosten ,
boosten ,
v .,
bost ,
boost ,
n .,
noise ,
boasting ;
cf .
G .
bausen ,
bauschen ,
to swell ,
pusten ,
Dan .
puste ,
Sw .
pusta ,
to blow ,
Sw .
p ["
o ]
sa to swell ;
or W .
bostio to boast ,
bost boast ,
Gael .
bosd .
But these last may be from English .]
1 .
To vaunt one '
s self ;
to brag ;
to say or tell things which are intended to give others a high opinion of one '
s self or of things belonging to one '
s self ;
as ,
to boast of one '
s exploits courage ,
descent ,
wealth .
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By grace are ye saved through faith ;
and that not of yourselves : . .
not of works ,
lest any man should boast . --
Eph .
ii .
8 ,
9 .
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2 .
To speak in exulting language of another ;
to glory ;
to exult .
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In God we boast all the day long . --
Ps .
xliv .
8 [
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Syn :
To brag ;
bluster ;
vapor ;
crow ;
talk big .
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Boast \
Boast \,
v .
t .
1 .
To display in ostentatious language ;
to speak of with pride ,
vanity ,
or exultation ,
with a view to self -
commendation ;
to extol .
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Lest bad men should boast Their specious deeds . --
Milton .
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2 .
To display vaingloriously .
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3 .
To possess or have ;
as ,
to boast a name .
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{
To boast one '
s self },
to speak with unbecoming confidence in ,
and approval of ,
one '
s self ; --
followed by of and the thing to which the boasting relates . [
Archaic ]
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Boast not thyself of to -
morrow . --
Prov .
xxvii .
1 [
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Boast \
Boast \,
v .
t . [
Of uncertain etymology .]
1 . (
Masonry )
To dress ,
as a stone ,
with a broad chisel .
--
Weale .
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2 . (
Sculp .)
To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow ;
to cut to the general form required .
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Boast \
Boast \,
n .
1 .
Act of boasting ;
vaunting or bragging .
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Reason and morals ?
and where live they most ,
In Christian comfort ,
or in Stoic boast ! --
Byron .
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2 .
The cause of boasting ;
occasion of pride or exultation , --
sometimes of laudable pride or exultation .
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The boast of historians . --
Macaulay .
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89 Moby Thesaurus words for "
boast ":
aggrandize ,
be enfeoffed of ,
be possessed of ,
be seized of ,
blow ,
bluster ,
boastfulness ,
boasting ,
bombast ,
bounce ,
brag ,
braggadocio ,
braggartism ,
bragging ,
bravado ,
bully ,
catch ,
claim ,
cock -
a -
doodle -
doo ,
command ,
conceit ,
crow ,
diamond ,
draw the longbow ,
ego -
trip ,
enjoy ,
exalt ,
fanfaronade ,
fill ,
find ,
fish for compliments ,
flaunt ,
flourish ,
gasconade ,
gasconism ,
gem ,
glory ,
godsend ,
good thing ,
gush ,
have ,
have and hold ,
have in hand ,
have no self -
doubt ,
have tenure of ,
heroics ,
hold ,
jactation ,
jactitation ,
jewel ,
know it all ,
mouth ,
occupy ,
parade ,
pearl ,
pique ,
plum ,
plume ,
possess ,
prate ,
preen ,
pride ,
pride and joy ,
prize ,
puff ,
quack ,
rodomontade ,
ruffle ,
show off ,
side ,
speak for Buncombe ,
squat ,
squat on ,
swagger ,
swash ,
swashbuckle ,
talk big ,
treasure ,
triumph ,
trophy ,
trouvaille ,
usucapt ,
vanity ,
vapor ,
vaunt ,
vauntery ,
vaunting ,
windfall ,
winner
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