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权威释义
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vaunt

KK:[vɒnt] DJ:[vɒːnt]

n. & v. 夸张

动变: 过去式:vaunted 过去分词:vaunted 现在进行时:vaunting

权威释义

英语辞典

n. & v.

夸张；吹嘘

派生

vaunter

ad.

vauntingly

辨析

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以上来源于：《英汉大辞典》

/vɔːnt/

[usu. as adj. vaunted] boast about or praise (something) excessively.

archaic a boast.

Derivative

vaunter n.
vaunting adj.
vauntingly adv.

Etymology

ME: the noun a shortening of obs. avaunt ‘boasting, a boast’; the verb from OFr. vanter, from late L. vantare, based on L. vanus ‘vain, empty’.

以上来源于：《简明牛津英语词典》