vaunt是什么意思？vaunt的意思翻译及词源和例句

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vaunt的读音及音标

英 [vɔːnt]
美

vaunt的意思翻译和解释

vi. 自夸；吹嘘
vt. 自夸；吹嘘
n. 自吹自擂

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1. 杨过跟全真教那帮臭道士打仗打赢了，收拾了那帮臭道士，然后到小龙女姑姑的面前夸耀自己的胜利(Victory). 在姑姑的面前夸耀胜利，所以"V"放在姑姑"aunt"的前面。
2. 在姑姑面前所空话(Vacancy), 所以就是吹嘘、吹牛。
3. 虚荣(Vanity)的姑姑，姑姑为了虚荣经常自夸、吹嘘、吹牛。
4. v (罗马数字的五) + aunt => 五个姑姑聚在一起吹牛。
5. 五个女人一台戏嘛！

vaunt: vaunt: see vain
vaunt (v.): early 15c., "speak vainly or proudly," from Anglo-French vaunter, Old French vanter "to praise, speak highly of," from Medieval Latin vanitare "to boast," frequentative of Latin vanare "to utter empty words," from vanus "idle, empty" (see vain). Also short for avaunten "to boast" (see vaunt (n.)). Related: Vaunted; vaunting.
vaunt (n.): "boasting utterance," c. 1400, short for avaunt "a boast" (late 14c.), from avaunten "to boast" (c. 1300), from Old French avanter "boast about, boast of, glory in."