Strut

(noun.) a proud stiff pompous gait.

(noun.) brace consisting of a bar or rod used to resist longitudinal compression.

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• Harry as the Saracen should strut a bit more, and John needn't holler his inside out. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• The soldiers who like to wear uniforms, who like to strut and swagger and wear red-and-black scarves. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• The horse-marine, who had entered with the sort of strut which became a commander-in-chief of No. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• He should have been a cockerel, so he could strut before fifty females, all his subjects. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• And failing that, Napoleon could do no more than strut upon the crest of this great mountain of opportunity like a cockerel on a dunghill. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• This was an arrangement of timbers crossing the ribs on the inside of the ship at angles of about 45°, and braced by diagonals and struts. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• George parted from them and strutted down the lobby to the General's box, the number of which he had carefully counted. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The bird strutted proudly along, the feathers of its neck glistening with every movement of its head. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.

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