Word · Frequency #20498
brags
吹嘘；自夸
brags is the third person singular of brag.
show off
- 1.
show off
炫耀
炫耀；吹牛
In use
He always brags about how much he can lift at the gym.
She bragged that her team had finished the project in just two days.
Stop bragging about your new phone and let me see it.
Verb forms
base brag · third person brags · -ing bragging · past bragged · past participle bragged
规则动词
Connections
Collocations
- brag about
- 吹嘘（某事）
- Stop bragging about your test scores.别在吹嘘你的考试成绩了。
- brag to
- 向…炫耀
- He bragged to everyone at the party about his new job.他在聚会上向每个人炫耀自己的新工作。
- brag that
- 夸口说
- She bragged that she had never lost a game.她夸口说自己从未输过比赛。
- bragging rights
- 炫耀的资本
- Our team won, so we have bragging rights for now.我们队赢了，所以现在我们有炫耀的资本。
Idioms & figurative uses
- bragging rights
- 炫耀的资本；吹嘘的权利Our team won the match, so we have bragging rights over them now.我们队赢了比赛，所以现在我们有了在他们面前炫耀的资本。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
brag 中含 rag（破布）：吹牛者把破布当锦缎炫耀。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：casual conversation、social media brag 多用于非正式场合，指得意地吹嘘自己的成就或所有物，语气常带贬义；正式或谨慎表达时通常改用 talk proudly about 等说法。
Grammar Note
通常与介词 about 连用；可接 that 从句（但视为不及物用法）
Pronunciation & Spelling
All the words above end in /æɡ/ and truly rhyme with 'brag' (/bræɡ/). Spelling warning: 'bra' (/brɑː/) looks like the first part of 'brag' but is pronounced differently, so it is not a rhyme. Also, 'bag' and 'baggage' differ in pronunciation: 'bag' rhymes, but 'baggage' (/ˈbæɡɪdʒ/) does not.
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。
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