短语和例子 bluff1 adj. 1.绝壁的,壁立的,陡峭的。 2.直率的,爽快的,坦率的;粗率的 (opp. subtle )。 3.【航海】(船头等)前端平阔而垂直的。 n. 1.峭壁,断崖。 2.(船头等的)鼓起部分。 短语和例子 the Bluff 高地。 adv. -ly 率直地;粗率地。 n. -ness 1. 陡壁。 2. 朴直。 vt. 1.〔俚语〕以假象欺骗;假装。 2.(虚张声势地)恐吓,吓唬。 3.【牌戏】(持弱牌时)下大注吓倒(对方)。 短语和例子 bluff sb. into doing sth. 欺骗某人使做某事。 bluff sb. out of doing sth. 吓倒某人使不敢做某事。 bluff and deceive 招摇撞骗。 vi. 虚张声势,装腔作势。 n. 1.欺骗,吓唬。 2.虚张声势的人;吓唬人的人。 短语和例子 make a bluff = play a game of bluff 采取恐吓手段。 call sb.'s bluff【牌戏】(顶住某人的下大注威吓)叫某人摊牌;揭露某人的外强中干 (He always said he would quit, so we finally called his bluff. 他常以辞职相要挟,我们终于让他另谋高就)。 put on a good bluff (run a bluff on) 虚张声势地恐吓,吓唬;蒙蔽,欺骗。
bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured; "a bluff but pleasant manner"; "a bluff and rugged natural leader"
very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front; "a bluff headland"; "where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise"; "a sheer descent of rock" 同义词:bold, sheer,
frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is
deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand 同义词:bluff out,
the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards 同义词:four flush,
pretense that your position is stronger than it really is; "his bluff succeeded in getting him accepted"
a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)
例句与用法
1.
I'm not going to be bluffed out of that study now . 我不能半途而废。
2.
He's lying, i think, or bluffing . 我看,他这是在撒谎,再不然,就是在恫吓。
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He had slipped into his bluff public role . 他换上了在公开场合的那副粗率相。
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Personally i think that word is full of bluff . 我自己常常认为这个字充满欺骗。
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I thought the veiled threat of war was bluff . 我认为那含蓄的战争恫吓是吓唬人的。
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I was not bluffing this time . 这回我可不是虚张声势了。
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He would not beat me. he was only bluffing . 他不会打我的,只不过是吓唬吓唬而已。
8.
Maybe it was just a bluff . 没准儿只是吓唬人的东西。
9.
That is impossible; so it must be just a bluff . 那是不可能的,所以肯定不过是虚张声势。
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His opponents were too irresolute to call his bluff . 他的对手太优柔寡断,不敢接受挑战。