Bombast
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- n.高调, 夸大之辞
- ［英］ n.高调, 夸大之辞 ( pompous language)
- ［记］ bomb ( 空洞的声音; 炸弹) +ast -> 唱高调
- ［同］ 派生词: bombastic ( adj.唱高调的grandiloquent)
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
noun
- Etymology: Middle English bombast cotton padding, from Middle French bombace, from Medieval Latin bombac-, bombax cotton, alteration of Latin bombyc-, bombyx silkworm, silk, from Greek bombyk-, bombyx
- Date: 1583
- pretentious inflated speech or writing
