bluff

n. 吓唬；绝壁；断崖

vt. 吓唬；愚弄

vi. 吓唬

adj. 直率的；陡峭的

vi.

吓唬；

vt.

吓唬；愚弄；以假象欺骗；虚张声势

n.

欺骗；恐吓；悬崖；虚张声势的人

adj.

直率的；爽快的；陡峭的；肥型船首

变形

复数：bluffs过去式：bluffed过去分词：bluffed现在分词：bluffing第三人称单数：bluffs

双语释义

vi. 以假象欺骗，吹牛 deceive by pretending to be stronger,cleverer,surer of the truth,etc.,than one is

vt. 以虚张声势找出或达成 find or make one's way by doing this

[U][C]欺骗，恐吓pretense;make-believe

[C]悬崖，峭壁 a cliff

直率的，爽快的 (of a person or his/her manner) rough,plain,and cheerful

英英释义

bluff[ blʌf ]

n.

a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)

pretense that your position is stronger than it really is

"his bluff succeeded in getting him accepted"

the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards

同义词：four flush

v.

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

frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is

adj.

very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front

"a bluff headland"

同义词：boldsheer

bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured

"a bluff but pleasant manner"; "a bluff and rugged natural leader"

词组短语

bluff body钝头体；阻流体

bluff it out伪装而得以幸免；蒙混过关

双语例句

用作动词(v.)

He could bluff his way through any difficulty.
他可以招摇撞骗闯过任何难关。

John is a deep card; no one can bluff him easily.
约翰是个机灵鬼，谁也不容易欺骗他。

The man is trying to bluff his way out of the whole thing.
这人想装做无辜来摆脱此事。

They were bluffed into believing we were not ready for the attack.
他们上了当，以为我们还没有作好进攻准备。

用作名词(n.)

The company's threat to sack anyone who went on strike was just (a) bluff.
公司威胁说谁罢工就解雇谁，那只不过是虚张声势罢了。

The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff .
人摔得最痛的一跤，是为自己吓唬自己所绊倒。

The precipitous bluff stopped us.
多悬崖的绝壁挡住了我们的去路。

用作形容词(adj.)

He was bluff, strong, friendly, and outgoing.
他性格坦率，倔强，和蔼，开朗。

He is kind and friendly despite his rather bluff manner.
他为人厚道，待人亲切，虽然态度有些粗鲁。

Beneath his bluff exterior he was really quite a sensitive man.
他外表粗放，但其实是个用心细腻的人。

权威例句

bluff

bluff: English has two words bluff, one or perhaps both of them of Dutch origin. The older, ‘hearty’ [17], originally referred to ships, and meant ‘having a flat vertical bow’. This nautical association suggests a Dutch provenance, though no thoroughly convincing source has been found. The sense ‘flat, vertical, (and broad)’ came to be applied to land features, such as cliffs (hence the noun bluff ‘high steep bank’, which emerged in America in the 18th century).The word’s metaphorical extension to people was at first derogatory – ‘rough, blunt’ – but the more favourable ‘hearty’ had developed by the early 19th century. Bluff ‘deceive’ [19] was originally a US poker term. It comes from Dutch bluffen ‘boast’, the descendant of Middle Dutch bluffen ‘swell up’.

bluff (v.)

1839, American English, poker term, perhaps from Dutch bluffen "to brag, boast," or verbluffen "to baffle, mislead." An identical word meant "blindfold, hoodwink" in 1670s, but the sense evolution and connection are unclear; OED calls it "one of the numerous cant terms ... which arose between the Restoration and the reign of Queen Anne." Extended or figurative sense by 1854. Related: Bluffed; bluffing.

bluff (n.1)

"broad, vertical cliff," 1680s, from bluff (adj.) "with a broad, flat front" (1620s), a sailors' word, probably from Dutch blaf "flat, broad." Apparently a North Sea nautical term for ships with flat vertical bows, later extended to landscape features.

bluff (n.2)

1844 as an alternative name for poker; from bluff (v.). As "an act of bluffing" by 1864.

1. put up a Bluff.

故弄玄虚

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例

2. When next he moved in 1938, his bluff was bluff no more.

当他在1938年采取第二个步骤时，他的恐吓就不再是虚张声势的了。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

3. A precipitous bluff.

多悬崖的绝壁

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

4. Scotts Bluff National Monument

斯科茨峭壁国家纪念地

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]

5. bluff-bowed ship

肥首型船

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]

6. a bluff but pleasant manner; a bluff and rugged natural leader.

直率、令人愉快的举止；直爽、粗犷的天生的领导者。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

7. throw a bluff on

虚张声势|唬人|讹诈

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]

8. make a bluff = play a game of bluff

吓唬,恫吓

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

9. Bluff Head Signal Station

黄麻角信号站

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]

10. to bluff; to bluster

诈唬

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]