Bluster

(noun.) a violent gusty wind.

(noun.) noisy confusion and turbulence; 'he was awakened by the bluster of their preparations'.

(verb.) blow hard; be gusty, as of wind; 'A southeaster blustered onshore'; 'The flames blustered'.

编辑:梅布尔

• My business was to declare myself a scoundrel, and whether I did it with a bow or a bluster was of little importance. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Yes, yes, bully and bluster as much as you like, he said sulkily; the difficulty about the money is not the only difficulty. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• That's just what I do mean, returned Trenor, his bluster sinking to sullenness under her look. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• His quiet insistence made Archer feel the clumsiness of his own bluster. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• But when I gave him every particular that had occurred, he tried to bluster and took down a life-preserver from the wall. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Here's Tom Gradgrind's daughter knows pretty well what it might have been, if you don't,' blustered Bounderby. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• I don't see it at all,' blustered Wegg. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Legree blustered and swore, and threatened to break down the door; but apparently thought better of it, and walked uneasily into the sitting-room. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• I think differently,' blustered Bounderby. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• The light of high day surrounded me; not, indeed, a warm, summer light, but the leaden gloom of raw and blustering autumn. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• It was five and a half o'clock now, and a raw, blustering morning. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• So sink the shadows of night, blustering, rainy; and all paths grow dark. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• It was mere swagger and challenge; but in this particular, as in many others, blustering assertion goes for proof, half over the world. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.

整理:洛蒂