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

• Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2004 Photograph by Penny De Los Santos Students at the Indian Community School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, brandish drum beaters at a dedication ceremony.
  在威斯康辛州密尔瓦基市的印第安社区学校的学生们正挥舞着鼓槌，进行奉献仪式。
• 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
• By all means, brandish your achievements, but let your interviewer know what that meant for the team and/ or the company.
  展示自己的成果当然可以，但要让你的面试官知道这些成果给团队或者整个公司有什么意义。
• And we must brandish the sword.
  我们必须挥舞手里的剑。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He appeared in the lounge brandishing a knife.
  他挥舞着一把小刀，出现在休息室里。
• 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。