swagger 神气十足地走；大摇大摆地走

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swagger
swag·ger / ˈswægə(r) /
verb
[V , usually +adv. / prep.]
   (usually disapproving)  to walk in an extremely proud and confident way
   神气十足地走；大摇大摆地走
SYN   strut

noun
[sing.]
   (disapproving)  a way of walking or behaving that seems too confident
   神气十足；大摇大摆


swagger

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swag∙ger¹ / ˈswægə ; ˈswægə /
◙verb [I always + adv / prep]
1. to walk proudly, swinging your shoulders in a way that shows you are very confident – used to show disapproval
• 昂首阔步，大摇大摆地走，趾高气扬地走:
»He swaggered over towards me.
  他趾高气扬地向我走来。

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swagger²
◙noun [sing., U]
1. a way of walking, talking, or behaving that shows you are very confident – used in order to show disapproval
• 趾高气扬; 狂妄自大; 自鸣得意:
»He walked in with a swagger.
他趾高气扬地走了进来。


swagger
swag·ger
I
/ˈswægɚ/ noun , pl   -gers [  count  ]
  : a way of walking or behaving that shows you have a lot of confidence
   He has a swagger that annoys some of his teammates.
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II
verb , -gers, -gered, -ger·ing [  no obj  ]
  : to walk in a very confident way : to walk with a swagger
   He swaggered [=strutted] into the shop like he owned the place.

swag·ger
I. \ˈswagə(r), -waig-\ verb
(swaggered ; swaggered ; swaggering \-g(ə)riŋ\ ; swaggers)
Etymology: probably from swag (I) + -er (as in batter)
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner
  < allowed … to swagger and bluster and take the limelight without a word of reproach — Margaret Mead >
especially : to walk with an air of overbearing self-confidence
  < buccaneers swaggered down the filthy streets — H.E.Rieseberg >
b. : to move with a swinging motion
  < three or four elephants, loaded with hay, swaggered down the crowded street — L.C.Stevens >
c. Scotland : stagger, lurch
2. obsolete
a. : quarrel
b. : grumble
3. : to talk in a boastful manner : brag
< talks little of his experience and I ask him why he doesn't swagger more — O.W.Holmes †1935 >
transitive verb
: to force by argument or threat : bully, browbeat
< will strive either to cheat or to swagger you out of your money — Sir Walter Scott >
II. noun
(-s)
1.
a. : an act or instance of swaggering
  < his stride was majestic — just short of a swagger — Roark Bradford >
  < insisted, with a prideful swagger — Harry Hansen >
b. : arrogant or conceitedly self-assured behavior
  < the swagger of the brothers threatened further trouble — Hamlin Garland >
  < had driven to the opera with the real swagger of the aristocrat — Victoria Sackville-West >
c. : ostentatious display or bravado : fanfaronade
  < these overtures are dazzling still for their swagger and dash — Irving Kolodin >
2. : a self-confident mental or intellectual outlook : cockiness
< the throng so full of swagger and youth — Osbert Sitwell >
< poetry with all the American swagger left in — Louise Bogan >
III. adjective
1. : marked by elegance or showiness : fashionable, smart, posh
< swagger youths in yellow gloves — Arnold Bennett >
< a swagger wedding at eleven — Bruce Marshall >
2. of a coat : flaring loosely and fully from the shoulder line
< familiar swagger trench coat — Lois Long >
IV. noun
(-s)
Etymology: swagger (III)
: a coat that flares loosely from the shoulder
V. noun
(-s)
Etymology: swag (II) + -er
chiefly Australia : tramp

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