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gasconade是什么意思

gasconade

英 [,gæskə'neɪd] 美 [,gebɪə'ned]
  • vi. 夸口,吹牛
  • n. 夸口,吹牛

英文词源


gasconade (n.)
"a boast, boastful talk, bluster," 1709, from French gasconade (see Gascon + -ade); from gasconner (16c.) "to boast, brag," literally "to talk like a Gascon." As a verb in English from 1727.

双语例句


1. Whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade.
每次他赢,我们都要听他吹牛.

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