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1. Oxford Dictionary

   boast

   • IPA[bəʊst]

   英式

   • v.
     talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities；(of a person, place, or thing) possess (a feature that is a source of pride)
   • n.
     an act of talking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction

   • verb: boast, 3rd person present: boasts, gerund or present participle: boasting, past tense: boasted, past participle: boasted

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities she boasted about her many conquests he boasted that he had taken part in the crime 同義詞 brag, crow, swagger, swank, gloat, ... 更多show off, blow one's own trumpet, sing one's own praises, congratulate oneself, pat oneself on the back, exaggerate, overstate, preen oneself, give oneself airs, informaltalk big, blow hard, lay it on thick, shoot one's mouth off, skite, big-note oneself反義詞 deprecate, belittle
   • 2. (of a person, place, or thing) possess (a feature that is a source of pride) the hotel boasts high standards of comfort 同義詞 possess, have, own, enjoy, pride oneself/itself on, ... 更多be the proud owner of

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. an act of talking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction I said I would win and it wasn't an idle boast 同義詞 brag, self-praise, exaggeration, overstatement, bragging, ... 更多crowing, swaggering, informalswank, swanking, skite, literaryfanfaronade, archaicvaunt, rodomontade, gasconade