bluff and bluster
collocation虚张声势；恫吓
His threat was all bluff and bluster.
他的威胁纯粹是虚张声势。
虚张声势；夸夸其谈；大话
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虚张声势；夸夸其谈；大话
Loud, boastful, or threatening talk intended to impress or intimidate
The bluster of the storm kept everyone indoors.
暴风雨的狂吹使所有人都待在家里。
虚张声势、傲慢的言辞。
Pompous, officious talk.
喧闹的混乱和骚动
noisy confusion and turbulence
一阵狂风
A gust of wind.
张扬的勇气表现
a swaggering show of courage
His speech was full of bluster but lacked substance.
他的演讲充满虚张声势，但缺乏实质内容。
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The bluster of the crowd made it hard to hear.
人群的喧闹声让人很难听清。
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he was awakened by the bluster of their preparations
他被他们准备时的喧闹声吵醒了。
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虚张声势；恫吓
His threat was all bluff and bluster.
他的威胁纯粹是虚张声势。
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。
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。
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。
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。
虚张声势；恫吓
The manager's threats were just bluff and bluster.
经理的那些威胁只是虚张声势。
纯属空话；虚张声势
Don't worry about his angry words; it's all bluster.
别担心他那些气话，那纯属虚张声势。
虚张声势和逞强
His speech was full of bluster and bravado, but he had no real plan.
他的演讲满是虚张声势和逞强，但他根本没有真正的计划。
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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。
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。
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.
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