Word · Frequency #23611
bluster
虚张声势；夸夸其谈；大话
Loud, boastful, or threatening talk intended to impress or intimidate
- 1.
Pompous, officious talk.
虚张声势、傲慢的言辞。
- 2.
noisy confusion and turbulence
喧闹的混乱和骚动
- 3.
A gust of wind.
一阵狂风
- 4.
a swaggering show of courage
张扬的勇气表现
- 5.
Fitful noise and violence.
断断续续的噪音和暴力
- 6.
a violent gusty wind
猛烈的阵风
阵风；狂风；猛烈阵风；喧嚣；骚动；喧闹混乱；虚张声势、傲慢的言辞。；喧闹的混乱和骚动；一阵狂风
In use
The bluster of the storm kept everyone indoors.
His speech was full of bluster but lacked substance.
The bluster of the crowd made it hard to hear.
he was awakened by the bluster of their preparations
Connections
Collocations
- bluff and bluster
- 虚张声势；恫吓
- His threat was all bluff and bluster.他的威胁纯粹是虚张声势。
- full of bluster
- 满是虚张声势；充满浮夸之词
- His apology was full of bluster, with no real remorse.他的道歉满是浮夸之词，毫无真正的悔意。
- dismiss as bluster
- 斥为虚张声势；认为是空洞大话
- The government dismissed the rebels' demands as bluster.政府把叛军的要求斥为虚张声势。
- political bluster
- 政治虚张声势；政治上的空洞言论
- The opposition dismissed the speech as political bluster.反对党认为这篇讲话不过是政治虚张声势。
- bluster of the storm
- 风暴的狂啸；风暴的猛烈
- We could hear the bluster of the storm outside.我们能听到外面风暴的狂啸。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
狂风呼啸和吹牛说大话都是bluster：声势不小，内里空。记住“又吹风又吹牛”，都是把动静往大里造。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：political speech、weather report、literary description 在名词用法中，bluster 的语域随义项变化：指“虚张声势/夸夸其谈”时多用于口语或略带贬义的评论，比较常见于政治或职场等场合；指“狂风”或“喧闹混乱”时则多用于书面或新闻描写。整体介于正式与非正式之间，需根据语境判断。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all rhyme with bluster /ˈblʌstɚ/: cluster, fluster, muster, duster, luster, buster. Be careful with lookalikes such as blister /ˈblɪstɚ/ and faster /ˈfæstɚ/, which do not rhyme.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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