vaunt

名词 vaunt:

1. extravagant self-praise

动词 vaunt:

1. show off
   同义词：boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, gasconade

1. She is vaunting her successes to all of us.
   她正向大家炫耀她的成就。
2. The bank's much-vaunted security system failed completely.
   这家银行大肆吹嘘的保安设施完全无济于事。

vaunt

v.（动词）
vaunt.ed,vaunt.ing,vaunts
v.tr.（及物动词）
To speak boastfully of; brag about.
吹嘘：吹嘘地说…；夸耀…
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To speak boastfully; brag.See Synonyms at boast
吹嘘：吹嘘地说；夸耀参见 boast
n.（名词）
A boastful remark.
大话，吹牛，炫耀
Speech of extravagant self-praise.
自吹自擂：过度自我赞扬演说

来源：
Middle English vaunten
中古英语 vaunten
from Old French vanter
源自 古法语 vanter
from Late Latin v3nit3re [to talk frivolously]
源自 后期拉丁语 v3nit3re [轻浮地谈说]
frequentative of Latin v3n3re
拉丁语 v3n3re的重复
from v3nus [empty] * see eu- 2
源自 v3nus [空的] *参见 eu- 2

【引伸】
vaunt.er
n.（名词）
vaunt.ingly
adv.（副词）