brandish

英 [ˈbrændɪʃ]

美 [ˈbrændɪʃ]

v.  挑衅地挥舞，激动地挥舞(尤指武器)

现在分词：brandishing　过去式：brandished　第三人称单数：brandishes　过去分词：brandished　

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Collins.1 / BNC.14173 / COCA.13627

牛津词典

verb

• 挑衅地挥舞，激动地挥舞（尤指武器）
  to hold or wave sth, especially a weapon, in an aggressive or excited way

柯林斯词典

• VERB (威胁地）挥舞（尤指武器）
  If youbrandishsomething, especially a weapon, you hold it in a threatening way.
  1. He appeared in the lounge brandishing a knife.
     他挥舞着一把小刀，出现在休息室里。

英英释义

noun

• the act of waving
  Synonym:flourish

verb

• move or swing back and forth
  1. She waved her gun
  Synonym:flourishwave
• exhibit aggressively
  1. brandish a sword

双语例句

• Scholar Wu Jiaxiang uses the Chinese expression, which literally means baring fangs and brandish paws, to describe the image.
  学者吴稼祥用中国成语张牙舞爪来形容这条龙的形象。
• The more immediate challenge for Apple, meanwhile, will be to convince its existing loyal customers that there are enough good reasons to brandish a computer on their wrists, even one bearing the stylish hallmark of Apple design studios.
  与此同时，苹果面临的更紧迫挑战是，如何说服现有的忠实客户相信一点：他们能找到充分的理由向别人炫耀戴在他们手腕上的计算机，即便上面带有苹果设计工作室的时尚标识。
• Brandish a gun, a knife, an axe, etc
  挥舞枪、刀子、斧头等
• Asked how he kept in shape to get into Captain Americas spandex suit and brandish the star-spangled shield again, Chris replied: I wish it was some clever thing.
  当我们问及他是如何保持身材以穿进美国队长的紧身衣以及再次挥舞着那有着闪亮星星的盾时，克里斯答道：我真希望有更聪明的方法。
• Still, I wanted to know where in my home, office and wider world I should most forcefully brandish my disinfectant wipes and hand-sanitizer.
  不过，我希望知道我的家里、办公室和更广阔的世界里，有哪些地方我需要大力使用消毒纸巾和洗手液。
• Trust a Brit to brandish that kind of number, I thought.
  我觉得英国人显摆那类电话号码大可放心。
• While the EU has promised unprecedented economic aid to Israel and the Palestinians if they make peace, it has shown increasing willingness to brandish the economic stick, too.
  虽然欧盟承诺，如果巴以修好，它将向以色列和巴勒斯坦人提供空前的经济援助，但它也越发表现出挥舞经济大棒的意愿。
• Analyze the racket grasp style, footwork, and the course of lead and brandish of the two baseline drives respectively, and compare the techniques and bio-mechanical characteristics between.
  分析两种不同网球底线击球技术的握拍法、步法和引拍挥拍的运动轨迹，比较它们的技术特点及其生物力学特征。
• And we must brandish the sword.
  我们必须挥舞手里的剑。
• Future, clean out treasure to will be Ma Yun this one new promise and to global market brandish Shi Ting is entered.
  未来，淘宝将为马云这一新的诺言而向全球市场挥师挺进。