boast

vb. brag,make an ostentatious display of some-thing吹牛，夸耀。
boast it so with:lord it over 对…逞威风。
△1H.Ⅵ.3.3.21:“if we could do that,/France were no placefor Henry’s warriors,/Nor should that nation boastit so with us，”(it:superfluous.)如果我们能做到这一点，亨利的军队在法兰西就待不下去了，那个国家也再不能向我们耀武扬威了。

boast⁽¹⁾[bəust]

n. 自夸，值得夸耀的事物 / v.自夸，吹嘘，以拥有…而自豪
◇ boast of (a bout)自吹自擂 make a boast of自夸，炫耀
‖ boasting and exaggeration 浮夸作风
boaster n. 自夸者
boastful adj.boastfully adv.

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boast⁽²⁾[bəust]

v.&n. 石头粗雕
‖ boasted work 刻石工作
boaster n. 刮刀
boasting n. 雕塑用的大凿子