bluster
vi. 咆哮,威嚇; 怒衝衝地說; 狂吹,誇口
If you say that someone is blustering, you mean that they are speaking aggressively but without authority, often because they are angry or offended.
'That's lunacy,' he blustered...
“那真是瘋了,”他吼道。
He was still blustering, but there was panic in his eyes.
他嘴上還在叫嚷著,但眼裡卻流露出恐慌。
1. noisy confusion and turbulence;
2. a swaggering show of courage
3. a violent gusty wind
4. vain and empty boasting
1. blow hard; be gusty, as of wind;
2. show off
3. act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
Of course, his bluster was directed against me as well.
當然, 他指桑罵槐,矛頭是針對我的.
Mixed in with all the nationalist bluster have been a few voices of moderation.
在民族主義的狂潮中,很少能聽到理智的聲音.
Mr. Khrushchev , moreover, was all bluff and bluster.
尤其,赫魯曉夫先生盡是在虛張聲勢.
His bluster sank to sullenness under her look.
在她目光逼視下,他蠻橫的表情稍加收斂,顯出一副陰沉的樣子.
We could hear the bluster of the wind and rain.
我們能聽到狂風暴雨的吹打聲.