vaunt
英 [vɔːnt]
美
- vi. 自慢する；自慢する
- vt.自慢する
- n. 自慢する
英語の語源
- vaunt
- vaunt: see vain
- vaunt (v.)
- early 15c., "speak vainly or proudly," from Anglo-French vaunter, Old French vanter "to praise, speak highly of," from Medieval Latin vanitare "to boast," frequentative of Latin vanare "to utter empty words," from vanus "idle, empty" (see vain). Also short for avaunten "to boast" (see vaunt (n.)). Related: Vaunted; vaunting.
- vaunt (n.)
- "boasting utterance," c. 1400, short for avaunt "a boast" (late 14c.), from avaunten "to boast" (c. 1300), from Old French avanter "boast about, boast of, glory in."
例文
- 1. This was not a mere empty vaunt ，but a deliberate avowal of his real sentiments.
- これは空虚なほら吹きではなく、彼の本当の感情の供状である。
- 2.They pour forth words,they speak arrogantly ; All who do wicked ness vaunt themselves.
- 詩94：4彼らはくどくどと傲慢なことを言っている。すべての罪を犯した人は、自分で誇張している。