swank
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++swank1 /swæŋk/ verb [intransitive] British English old-fashionedBOAST to speak or behave in a way that shows you think you are better than other people 炫耀,吹嘘,摆阔 I wish you’d stop swanking! 我希望你别再吹了!→ See Verb table
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swank• Bare chested and wet trousered, the job done, they swank before their audience then gallop off to Fair Hill.swank2 noun British English old-fashioned [uncountable]PROUD proud confident behaviour that shows you think you are better than other people 炫耀;摆架子;卖弄Examples from the Corpus
swank• Dressed in variations of tasteful black, the petite blond actress looks like an Armani study of low-key swank.• There, a little money will buy you a good deal of swank.swank1 verbswank2 nounChinese
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swank
swank1 /swæŋk/
verb [intransitive]
British English old-fashioned to speak or behave in a way that shows you think you are better than other people:
I wish you’d stop swanking!
swank2
noun British English old-fashioned
[uncountable] proud confident behaviour that shows you think you are better than other people
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verb [intransitive]British English old-fashioned to speak or behave in a way that shows you think you are better than other people:
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noun British English old-fashioned[uncountable] proud confident behaviour that shows you think you are better than other people