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　

TOEFLGRE

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

• 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。
• To fight darkness you don't brandish a sword but you light a candle.
  要想击败黑暗，您需要的不是刀枪剑戟，而是一支点亮的蜡烛。
• 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。
• To start with, they considered and discussed Brandish, rising young lawyer, and Fulton, rising young dentist.
  他们首先把两个人提上了议事日程，他们是正在崛起的年轻律师布雷迪什和年轻牙医福尔顿。
• 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。
• 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。
• To stop the run on Italian sovereign debt, policymakers need to brandish much bigger weapons than what they have yet come close to mobilising.
  要阻止意大利主权债务遭到抛售，政策制定者需要拿出远比他们即将动用的更大型的武器。
• Disdaining fortune, with his brandish'd steel* Which smoked with bloody execution. we're fingermen, pal.
  不以命运的喜怒为意，挥舞着他的血腥的宝剑。
• "He did not brandish the knife at anyone* but he injured himself in the leg," the police spokesman said.
  警方发言人说：他没有将匕首指向任何人，但是他刺伤了自己的腿。
• In among the usual clutter which small boys like to brandish were a strange necklace with a dragon motif, and an enigmatic medallion.
  与往常一样，孩子们在一起喧闹嬉戏，他们手中挥舞着一条绘有龙形图案的奇特项链和一个奇怪的大奖章。