橘子朗文词典

bluff

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [blʌf]
  • 美式音标 [blʌf]
  • 国际音标 [blʌf]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • n. 吓唬；绝壁；断崖
  • vt. 吓唬；愚弄
  • vi. 吓唬
  • adj. 直率的；陡峭的

词根记忆

  • 虚张声势(bluff)的北美野牛(buffalo)
  • 和buffalo(美洲野牛)一起记，buffalobluffs(野牛虚张声势)

同根派生

  • adv性质的同根词
    bluffly：陡峭地；船头扁平地；率直地；粗率地。
  • n性质的同根词
    bluffer：吓唬人的人；用假像骗人的人。
    bluffness：率直；直峭；坦率。

英汉例句

    用作动词 (v.)

    用作不及物动词: S+～(+A)

  • He says he'll win the race,but he's only bluffing.
    他说他会赢得这场比赛，事实上只是在吹牛。

    • 用作及物动词: S+ ～+n./pron.

  • She wasn't bluffing him.
    她并没有唬他。

    • 用作名词 (n.)

  • His threat was just a bluff.
    他的威胁只是虚张声势。

    • 用作形容词 (adj.)

    用作定语: ～+ n.

  • He is kind and friendly despite his rather bluff manner.
    他虽然态度有点粗鲁,但为人厚道，待人亲切。

    • 用作表语: S+be+～

  • He was bluff and friendly.
    他坦率友好。

词组短语

    短语

  • bluff body 钝头体；阻流体
  • bluff diplomacy 恫吓外交;详细翻译;恐吓外交;恫吓交际
  • Bluff Dust 红印修正散粉
  • Bluff Dice 吹牛骰子
  • Curtain Bluff 幕墙峭壁度假村

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • to deceive someone by making them think either that you are going to do something when you really have no intention of doing it, or that you have knowledge that you do not really have, or that you are someone else
  • (PRETEND) an attempt to bluff
  • (CLIFF) a cliff or very steep bank
  • direct or too honest, often in a way that people find rude

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • A bluff is an attempt to make someone believe that you will do something when you do not really intend to do it.
  • If you call someone's bluff, you tell them to do what they have been threatening to do, because you are sure that they will not really do it.
  • If you bluff, you make someone believe that you will do something when you do not really intend to do it, or that you know something when you do not really know it.
  • a steep promontory, bank, or cliff, esp one formed by river erosion on the outside bend of a meander
  • good-naturedly frank and hearty

专业释义

    交通运输工程

  • (船头等)扁平的，垂直而宽平的

    • 体育

  • (牌不好时)提高赌注企图镇住(对手)，用大赌注吓退(对手)，以手中的差牌虚张声势迷惑(对方)
  • 以大赌注吓退对手；以大赌注吓退对手者