简明英汉词典

 bombast
[5bCmbAst]
n.
夸大的言辞

美国传统词典[双解]

 bombast
bom.bast
AHD:[b?m“b2st”]
D.J.[6b%m7b#st]
K.K.[6b$m7b#st]
n.（名词）
Grandiloquent, pompous speech or writing.
浮夸的言词

语源

(1)

 Alteration of obsolete bombace [cotton padding]
废语 bombace的变化 [棉垫]

(2)

 from Old French
源自 古法语

(3)

 from Late Latin bombax [cotton] * see bombazine
源自 后期拉丁语 bombax [棉花] *参见 bombazine

继承用法

 bom“bast”er
n.（名词）

bombas“tic
adj.（形容词）

bombas“tically
adv.（副词）

参考词汇

(1)

 bombast， rant， fustian， claptrap， rodomontade

(2)

 All these nouns designate speech or writing marked by an extravagance or affectation of style that the content does not warrant.
这些名词都表示语言或文字的浮夸或空洞无物的虚假文体。

(3)

 Bombast stresses inflation of style but does not always imply insubstantiality of thought:
Bombast 强调浮夸的风格，但并不总是意味着思想空洞：
“Their eloquence is all bombast” (Charles Kingsley).
“他们的雄辩是虚张声势” （查理斯·金斯勒）。

(4)

 Rant, used chiefly of speech, emphasizes turgidity and violence of style:
Rant 主要用于言语，强调浮夸而强烈的语言：
“He sometimes . . . in his rants, talked with Norman haughtiness of the Celtic barbarians” (Macaulay).
“他有时夸夸其谈，象诺曼人那样目空一切地大讲凯尔特人的未开化” （马可勒）。

(5)

 Fustian stresses a contrast between pretentious style in writing or speech and absurd or commonplace content:
Fustian 强调言语或文字中夸夸其谈，自命不凡的风格与荒唐、陈词滥调的内容的对照：
“They flounder about between fustian in expression, and bathos in sentiment” (William Hazlitt).
“他们陷入在口头上夸夸其谈，在感情上矫柔造作的泥潭之中” （威廉·哈兹里特）。

(6)

 Claptrap is insincere, empty speech or writing:
Claptrap 指言语或文字不诚恳、空洞：
“I hate . . . that air/Of claptrap, which your recent poets prize” (Byron).
“我憎恨…这种哗众取宠的氛围，而你们这些诗人却追求这些” （拜伦）。

(7)

 Rodomontade is boastful speech and bluster:
Rodomontade 指说话吹牛，夸口：
“a detestable compound of vulgarity and rodomontade” (John Morley).
“令人厌恶的庸俗加自吹自擂” （约翰·摩勒）

现代英汉词典

 bombast
[5bRmbAst]
n.
夸大的言词；高调

现代英汉综合大辞典

 bombast
[5bCmbAst]
n.

(1)

 夸大其词的话[文章], 豪言壮语

(2)

 [废]棉[亚麻]软织

词性变化

 bombast
[5bCmbAst]
adj.
浮夸的, 唱高调的

美国传统词典

 bombast
bom.bast
AHD:[b?m“b2st”]
D.J.[6b%m7b#st]
K.K.[6b$m7b#st]
n.
Grandiloquent, pompous speech or writing.

语源

(1)

 Alteration of obsolete bombace [cotton padding]

(2)

 from Old French

(3)

 from Late Latin bombax [cotton] * see bombazine

继承用法

 bom“bast”er
n.

bombas“tic
adj.

bombas“tically
adv.

参考词汇

(1)

 bombast, rant, fustian, claptrap, rodomontade

(2)

 All these nouns designate speech or writing marked by an extravagance or affectation of style that the content does not warrant.

(3)

 Bombast stresses inflation of style but does not always imply insubstantiality of thought:
“Their eloquence is all bombast” (Charles Kingsley).

(4)

 Rant, used chiefly of speech, emphasizes turgidity and violence of style:
“He sometimes . . . in his rants, talked with Norman haughtiness of the Celtic barbarians” (Macaulay).

(5)

 Fustian stresses a contrast between pretentious style in writing or speech and absurd or commonplace content:
“They flounder about between fustian in expression, and bathos in sentiment” (William Hazlitt).

(6)

 Claptrap is insincere, empty speech or writing:
“I hate . . . that air/Of claptrap, which your recent poets prize” (Byron).

(7)

 Rodomontade is boastful speech and bluster:
“a detestable compound of vulgarity and rodomontade” (John Morley).

英汉纺织大词典

 bombast
n.棉或亚麻松软织物

英汉化学大词典

 bombast
n.大话;adj.夸大的

英汉计算机大词典

 bombast
n.大话;adj.夸大的

英汉心理学大词典

 bombast
故意夸大的语言