brag
音标：
美音：/bræɡ/，英音：/bræɡ/
听听基本释意：
外刊例句：
So have gasoline prices across the United States, dampening what had been a favorite bragging point for Mr. Biden in recent months.
美国各地的汽油价格也是如此，这抑制了拜登最近几个月最喜欢吹嘘的地方。
—New York Times
It said the firm was “thrilled to partner with the Virginia Tourism Corporation to brag on the state we love and call home.”
它说该公司“很高兴与弗吉尼亚旅游公司合作，吹嘘我们热爱并称之为家的州。”
—Washington Post
The new details also provide further evidence of Trump’s abiding obsession with the Kim letters, which he often bragged about and would show off to friends.
新的细节还进一步证明了特朗普对金信的执着痴迷，他经常吹嘘这些信，并向朋友炫耀。
—Washington Post
基本释意：
verb
show off
v. 吹牛，自夸
同义词：
blow,bluster,boast,gas,gasconade,shoot a line,swash,tout,vaunt,bragging,crow,crowing,gasconade,line-shooting,vaporing,boss
短释义：
When you’re bragging, you’re boasting. If you can’t stop talking about your fancy new shoes, that’s bragging.
当你在吹嘘时，你在吹嘘。如果你不停地谈论你喜欢的新鞋，那就是在吹牛。
长释义：
Ever notice how some people are full of themselves and constantly telling you about the great things they’ve done? Those folks like to brag. Bragging is a verbal kind of showing off. We all do it sometimes, and it’s almost always annoying when other people do it. A specific boast can be called a brag. Athletes often brag before big games. But only the winners can brag after, because they backed up their words.
有没有注意到有些人是如何自满并不断地告诉你他们所做的伟大事情？那些人喜欢吹牛。吹牛是一种口头上的炫耀。我们有时都会这样做，而当其他人这样做时，几乎总是很烦人。一个特定的吹嘘可以称为吹牛。运动员经常在大型比赛前吹嘘。但只有赢家才能吹嘘，因为他们支持自己的话。
文学例句：
Usually, he would parade around bragging to all the neighbors that I got another gift from my American friend.
通常，他会四处游行，向所有邻居吹嘘说我从美国朋友那里得到了另一份礼物。
—I Will Always Write Back by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda
She says ’tis easy to see they’re not used to having anything the way they brag about everything.
她说，很容易看出他们不习惯以吹嘘一切的方式拥有任何东西。
—Angela’s Ashes: A Memoir by Frank McCourt
Then ’cause it was my brother and I figured I could brag a little, “Actually, really well. I like it. And he says I’m good at it.”
然后因为是我哥哥，我想我可以吹嘘一下，“实际上，真的很好。我喜欢。他说我很擅长。”
—The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine
词源：
brag (v.)late 14c., braggen "to make a loud sound," also "to talk boastfully," of obscure origin, perhaps related to bray of a trumpet and imitative, or related to the Middle English adjective brag "ostentatious, proud; spirited, brave" (early 14c.), which probably is from Celtic, and is the source of the surname Bragg (attested from mid-13c.). Perhaps a merger of the two. Other sources suggest Old Norse bragr "the best, the toast (of anything)," also "poetry." Also see braggart for another possibility, but French brague seems too late to be the source. Related: Bragged; bragging.Related entries & more
下面是词源的翻译（机器翻译比较难翻，参考着看）
brag (v.)late 14c., braggen “发出响亮的声音”，也“夸夸其谈”，起源晦涩，可能与小号的响动和模仿有关，或与中古英语形容词 brag “ostentatious,骄傲；精神振奋，勇敢”（14 世纪早期），这可能来自凯尔特人，并且是布拉格姓氏的来源（从 13 世纪中期证明）。也许是两者的合并。其他资料表明，古诺尔斯语 bragr “最好的，（任何事物中的）敬酒”，也是“诗歌”。另请参阅 braggart 以获得另一种可能性，但法国 brague 似乎为时已晚，无法成为来源。相关：吹牛；吹牛。相关条目及更多
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