brag
英 [br?g]
美
- n. 吹牛，自夸
- vi. 吹牛，自夸
- vt. 吹牛，吹噓
- n. (Brag)人名；(瑞典)布拉格
CET6+TEM4GRE低頻詞常用詞匯
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?brags;過去式:?bragged;過去分詞:?bragged;現在分詞:?bragging;
中文詞源
brag 吹噓
擬聲詞。
英文詞源
- brag
- brag: [13] Brag first turned up in English as an adjective, meaning ‘spirited’ or ‘boastful’; the verb and noun did not appear until the 14th century. Where English got the word from, however, remains a mystery. French has braguer ‘brag’, but it is not clear whether English borrowed from French, or vice versa; French did, however, contribute the derivative bragard, which English adopted as braggart [16]. This probably also formed the basis of braggadocio, an Italianate coinage first used by the poet Edmund Spenser as a personification of ‘boastfulness’ in his Faerie Queene 1590.
- brag (n.)
- late 14c., "pomp; arrogance, pride;" see brag (v.); the exact relationship of the forms is uncertain. Meaning "that which is boasted" is from 1530s. As a once-popular poker-like card game, from 1734.
- brag (v.)
- mid-14c., braggen "to make a loud sound," also "to talk boastfully," of obscure origin, perhaps related to bray of a trumpet, or related to the Middle English adjective brag "ostentatious, proud; spirited, brave" (early 14c.), which probably is from Celtic. Other sources suggest Old Norse bragr "the best, the toast (of anything)," also "poetry." Also see braggart for another possibility. Related: Bragged; bragging.
雙語例句
- 1. Don't brag about what you're going to do . Get something done.
- 先別吹, 做出具體成績來再說.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 2. He made brag of his skill.
- 他夸耀自己技術高明.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 3. His wealth is his brag.
- 他夸張他的財富.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. You've done nothing but brag around ever since you've been here. "
- 自從來這里以后,你什么也不干,就會自吹自擂. ”
來自英漢文學 - 嘉莉妹妹
- 5. Hung - chien said with a smile, " Don't brag.
- 鴻 漸 笑道: “ 你別吹.
來自漢英文學 - 圍城