| 释义 |
vaunt/vɔ:nt/ v. & n. literary [文学用语]●v. 1 intr. boast, brag 吹嘘；自夸 2 tr. boast of; extol boastfully 吹牛，自吹，夸耀 ●n. a boast 自吹自擂；大话，吹牛 □ vaunter n.□ vauntingly adv.[Middle English via Anglo-French vaunter, Old French vanter from Late Latin vantare, from Latin vanus VAIN: partly obsolete verb avaunt from avanter, from intensive a- + vanter] |