be a line-shooter
常用作主语补足语,描述某人爱吹牛。
He is a line-shooter who always exaggerates his achievements.
他是一个总是夸大自己成就的吹牛专家。
吹牛专家
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吹牛专家
a boastful and talkative person
He is a line-shooter who always exaggerates his achievements.
他是一个总是夸大自己成就的吹牛专家。
吹牛专家
n a very boastful and talkative person
Tom is such a line-shooter; he claimed he once climbed Mount Everest.
汤姆真是个吹牛专家;他声称自己曾攀登过珠穆朗玛峰。
Don't trust his promises; he's a known line-shooter in the industry.
别相信他的承诺;他是业内出了名的吹牛专家。
My brother is a line-shooter when it comes to fishing stories.
我哥哥在讲钓鱼故事时就是个吹牛专家。
常用作主语补足语,描述某人爱吹牛。
He is a line-shooter who always exaggerates his achievements.
他是一个总是夸大自己成就的吹牛专家。
用于指称他人,带有贬义。
Don't call me a line-shooter just because I'm confident.
不要因为我自信就叫我吹牛专家。
用于定语从句,进一步描述吹牛者特征。
I've never met a line-shooter that can back up his claims.
我从未见过能兑现自己说法的吹牛专家。
Not this
He is a good line-shooter.
Use this
He is a line-shooter.
将"line-shooter"按字面理解为"好的射手",实际上该词意为"吹牛专家",不应添加"good"作正面评价。
Not this
He line-shoots all the time.
Use this
He is a line-shooter.
"line-shooter"为名词,不可用作动词,应改为"is a line-shooter"表示身份。
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