swagger

• vt. 吓唬；趾高气扬地行走或行事
• vi. 大摇大摆；吹牛；虚张声势吓人
• n. 大摇大摆；吹牛；威吓；下摆散开状的女式短大衣
• adj. 炫耀的；时髦的

来自 swag,摇摆地走，-er,表反复。引申词义昴首阔步，夸耀，炫耀。

swagger (v.)

1580s, "to strut in a defiant or insolent manner;" earliest recorded usages are in Shakespeare ("Midsummer Night's Dream," "2 Henry IV," "King Lear"), probably a frequentative form of swag (v.) "to sway." Meaning "to boast or brag" is from 1590s. Related: Swaggered; swaggering. The noun is attested from 1725.

1. He walked with something of a swagger.

他趾高气扬地走着。

来自柯林斯例句

2. He emerged with a macho swagger.

他大摇大摆地走了出来.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Let my nephew and Goldthred swagger about their wager as they list.

让我外甥和戈德斯雷德去信口开河地打赌,随他们的便吧.

来自辞典例句

4. Ants on the locust tree assume a great - nation swagger.

蚂蚁缘槐夸大国.

来自辞典例句

5. Indeed, Romona did look like those figures of sex and swagger.

的确, 雷蒙看起来很象那种性感十足的轻佻的人.

来自辞典例句