a gasconade
作可数名词用，前面常带冠词，多见于书面语，语气偏正式。
His speech was little more than a gasconade.
他的演讲不过是一通吹牛。
吹牛；大话
吹牛；大话
Boastful talk.
His speech was full of gasconade and little substance.
他的演讲充满了吹牛，没什么实质内容。
用法提示：这里 gasconade 作为名词，意为“吹牛”，与“实质内容”对比。
The politician's gasconade fooled no one.
这位政客的夸口骗不了任何人。
用法提示：gasconade 作为名词，表示“夸口”，主语是“夸口”本身。
After hours of gasconade, he finally admitted he had no plan.
经过几个小时的吹牛后，他终于承认自己并没有计划。
用法提示：gasconade 作为名词，用于描述一段持续的行为，意为“吹牛”。
作可数名词用，前面常带冠词，多见于书面语，语气偏正式。
His speech was little more than a gasconade.
他的演讲不过是一通吹牛。
复数形式 gasconades 指一次次的夸口之言，后面可接 about 引出吹嘘的内容。
The memoir is full of gasconades about his courage in battle.
这本回忆录充满了关于他战场勇气的吹嘘。
常用于 as gasconade 结构中，表示把某话看作空口大话而加以否定。
Critics dismissed the promise as gasconade.
批评者把那项承诺斥为吹牛。
grammar · medium
易错句子His gasconade claims about his salary impressed nobody.
正确表达His boastful claims about his salary impressed nobody.
gasconade 在词条中只有名词词性，意思是“吹牛、大话”，不能像形容词一样直接放在名词前修饰名词。要修饰 claims 应改用形容词 boastful（爱吹嘘的）；若想保留 gasconade，可说 His claims about his salary were pure gasconade，让它作名词表语。
grammar · medium
易错句子Their weekend in Macau turned into a wild gasconade.
正确表达Their weekend in Macau turned into a wild escapade.
gasconade 只表示“吹牛的话、大话”，不能指“惊险胡闹的经历”。表示后者要用 escapade（冒险行为、越轨的胡闹）。这两个词拼写和读音相近，容易混用；句中 wild 修饰的是一段经历，因此只能搭配 escapade。
两个词都指夸张的自夸言辞，且都属于罕用书面词。主要区别在语源色彩：rodomontade 源自史诗中爱吹牛的英雄，带有喧闹、戏剧化的夸口意味；gasconade 源自“加斯科涅人爱吹牛”的地域偏见。现代英语中两者几乎可以互换，但 gasconade 更少见。
braggadocio 比 gasconade 常用得多，并且可以指“吹牛的话或行为”，也可以指“爱吹牛的人”；gasconade 只指吹牛的话本身，而且是罕用书面词。日常表达“吹牛”时用 braggadocio 或 brag、boast，gasconade 几乎只出现在文学或讽刺文字中。
bombast 强调言辞浮夸、辞藻堆砌而内容空洞，不一定是自夸；gasconade 则明确指自我吹嘘。如果夸口的话既空洞又自夸，两者语义会有重叠，但 bombast 的核心是“文风浮夸”，gasconade 的核心是“自夸”。
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