bluster
verb[I]
uk/ˈblʌs.tər/us/ˈblʌs.tɚ/blusterverb[I](PERSON)
tospeakin aloud,angry, oroffendedway, usually with littleeffect:
咆哮,气势汹汹地说(却通常作用不大)[+ speech]"You had norightto do it, norightat all," he blustered.“你没有权力那样做,根本没有权力,”他气势汹汹地吼道。
Talking angrily
- bite
- bitesomeone'shead offidiom
- bite/snapsomeone'shead offidiom
- dress
- dress down
- edge
- givesomeonea piece of your mindidiom
- harangue
- hit
- hue
- hue and cryidiom
- huff
- invective
- jump
- piece
- rant
- rave
- spit
- spit blood/venomidiom
- tongue-lashing
blusterverb[I](WIND)
If thewindblusters, itblowsstrongly:
(风)呼啸Agalewas blustering around thehouse.屋外狂风大作。
Wind & winds
- air pocket
- airstream
- anemometer
- blast
- blowy
- breeze
- chinook
- dust devil
- hurricane
- jet stream
- prevailing
- sigh
- sirocco
- sou'wester
- southwester
- squall
- the Coriolis effect
- tornado
- weathercock
- westerly
bluster
noun[U]
uk/ˈblʌs.tər/us/ˈblʌs.tɚ/loud,angry, oroffendedtalk, usually with littleeffect:
Iknewthat it was all bluster and he wasn't reallyangrywith me.
Histoughtalkamountsto no more thanmachobluster.
- Hisnastywords weremerebluster,rarelyconvertedintodeeds.
- He isknownfor his bluster andeccentricbehaviour.
- We don't likebluffand bluster, we like to behonest.
Talking angrily
- bite
- bitesomeone'shead offidiom
- bite/snapsomeone'shead offidiom
- dress
- dress down
- edge
- givesomeonea piece of your mindidiom
- harangue
- hit
- hue
- hue and cryidiom
- huff
- invective
- jump
- piece
- rant
- rave
- spit
- spit blood/venomidiom
- tongue-lashing