bloviate

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner. US,intransitive
    — Peter P. Low, Esq., will with open throat…bloviate about the farmers being taxed upon the full value of their farms, while bankers are released from taxation.

词形变化

bloviates present,singular,third-person bloviating participle,present bloviated participle,past bloviated past

词源

1845, US, Ohio, from blow (“speak idly, boast”) + -i- + -ate, by analogy with deviate.
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