swank

英 [swæŋk]

美 [swæŋk]

v.  炫耀; 卖弄

现在分词：swanking　过去式：swanked　第三人称单数：swanks　过去分词：swanked　

GRE

BNC.42012 / COCA.22366

牛津词典

verb

• 炫耀；卖弄
  to behave in way that is too proud or confident

柯林斯词典

• VERB 炫耀;吹嘘;卖弄
  If someoneis swanking, they are speaking about things they own or things they have achieved, in order to impress other people.
  1. I have always been against swanking about all the things I have been lucky enough to win.
     我一向不喜欢和别人炫耀自己因为幸运而取得的那些成就。
  2. Swankis also a noun.
     
  3. There was no swank in Martin.
     马丁从不炫耀自己。
• ADJ-GRADED 同 swanky
  Swankmeans the same asswanky.
  1. ...a swank new shop on the outskirts of Beijing.
     北京郊区新开的一家高档时尚商店

英英释义

noun

• elegance by virtue of being fashionable
  Synonym:chicchicnesschichimodishnesssmartnessstylishnesslast word

verb

• display proudly
  1. he showed off his new sports car
  Synonym:flauntflashshow offostentate

adj

• imposingly fashionable and elegant
  1. a swank apartment
  Synonym:swanky

双语例句

• Big-screen newcomer Hilary Swank became the year's leading actress for her towering performance as a gender-confused youth in Boys Don't Cry.
  新晋影星希拉莉史云克，在《没哭声的抉择》一片里饰演一个性别模糊的少年人，演技光芒四射，荣膺金像影后。
• They've got a down on arrogance and swank.
  他最讨厌自高自大和虚张声势。
• Hilary Swank has done movie characters based on real people before; but the actress found playing "Amelia" especially challenging.
  希拉蕊之前就曾饰演真人的角色；但这位女星发觉演“阿米莉亚”特别具挑战性。
• Swank is also an athlete.
  斯万卡还是个运动员。
• It was Swank's judgment that he had become irrelevant.
  斯旺克的评价是，此人已无足轻重了。
• In1999, Swank was chosen for Boys Don't Cry, and the month she spent living as a boy ( as her own fictional brother, James) before the filming paid off.
  1999年，斯万卡被选中饰演《男孩不哭》。在电影开拍前的一个月，她像男孩一样生活了一个月（想象她是自己的兄弟，詹姆斯），电影开拍后获得了成功。
• He just relies on bluff and putting on a show with his bright ideas and his swank!
  屠维岳的法宝就是说大话，像煞有介事，满嘴的有办法，有把握！
• I have always been against swanking about all the things I have been lucky enough to win.
  我一向不喜欢和别人炫耀自己因为幸运而取得的那些成就。
• DO: Highlight the natural color of your lips with a sheer gloss ( as seen on Halle Berry and Hilary Swank) that has a slight beige or bronze pigment.
  用浅米色或古铜色的透明唇膏来点亮你自然的唇色，哈里·瑞和希拉里·万克就是这样。
• In spite of all his swank, he's never really achieved very much.
  虽然他派头摆得很大，可实际上从未获得多大成就。