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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Choke to do not let oneself, I am worn with arm brandish chair cushion fan rise, hope odour can come loose as soon as possible.
  为了不让自己窒息，我用胳膊挥舞着椅垫扇了起来，希望气味会尽快散掉。
• I will cause many peoples to be appalled at you, and their kings will shudder with horror because of you when I brandish my sword before them.
  我在许多国民和君王面前向你抡我的刀、国民就必因你惊奇、君王也必因你极其恐慌。
• "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。
• When he met with a Journal reporter, he quickly posed for photographs with hired security guards, who declined his request to brandish their guns for the picture& liability concerns, they said.
  当他与《华尔街日报》记者会面时，他很快摆好姿势要跟警卫合影，还让警卫举起枪来。不过考虑到职责在身，警卫拒绝了陈的请求。
• I have seen this whole body of horse, upon a word of command, draw their swords at once, and brandish them in the air.
  我曾见过一整队这样的骑兵，一声令下，同时抽出剑来在空中挥舞。
• One person said Mr. Wang's work on the South China Sea appeared to be an effort to brandish his political credentials, showing political higher-ups he could defend Beijing's interests in one of the region's most volatile disputes.
  一位人士说，王宜林在南中国海的举动似乎是为了展示他的政治资本，向高层证明他可以在地区内最变幻不定的一场争端之中维护北京的利益。