boast
[bost]
詞頻2
詞根: /b?/
vt. 自夸,自吹自擂;夸口說;以有…而自豪;自負有;
n. 夸口,自負;自負的事物,引以為傲的東西;自夸的話;揚言;
?? 褒死他(諧音):褒死他- 吹牛 自夸 boas(boss老板)+t(他):老板他 吹牛 船上(boat)扭腰(S): 自夸 吹噓
"I don't want to boast, but I can actually speak six languages."
不是我吹噓,我確實能講六種語言。
近義:pose, rhodomontade, rodomontade, showboat, splurge, strut
反義:meekness, bashfulness, unaffectedness, pudendum, decorum
n. [機]動力,功率;力量;政權,權力;強國,大國;
vt. 運轉;用發動機發動;使…有力量;
vi. 靠動力行進;快速行進;
adj. 權力的;機械能的,電動的;用電力(或動力)發動的;
"The engine is being specially adapted to increase its power."
正在對這臺引擎進行改裝以增加它的功率.
近義:move, operate, activate, actuate, energise, energize
反義:incapacity, powerlessness, weariness, impotency, impotentness, impossibility