Brandish
[ 'brændɪʃ ]
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vt. 挥舞;炫耀;
n. 挥动，挥舞;
📝 例句
She answered with a brandish of her umbrella.
她挥动着伞回答.
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ brandish-挥舞,brand-商标:挥舞刀剑就是军队的商标
※brand-商标,ish-谐音“一洗”:商标一洗居然就掉了,当然要挥动武器砍奸商去
※ brand-商标,dish-谐音“电视”:有人认为“广告”就是将商标在电视上炫耀地乱挥
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🔴 反义词
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📖 牛津释义
brandish
v[Tn]
wave (sth) in a triumphant or threatening way; display 得意地或威胁地挥动（某物）; 显示
brandish a gun, a knife, an axe, etc 挥舞枪、刀子、斧头等
The demonstrators brandished banners and shouted slogans. 示威者挥舞著旗帜, 呼喊著口号.
🔁 扩展释义
*['brændiŋ]vt. 挥, 挥舞n. 挥舞
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We once found a cat.
我们有一次找到一只猫，
When the lights went out, I was washing my hair.
当熄灯的时候，我在洗头。
The reader's hair stands on end when he reads in the final pages of the novel that the heroine a dear old lady who had always been so kind to everybody, had, in her youth, poisoned every one of her five husbands.
当读者到小说最后几页了解到书中女主人公，那位一向待大家很好的可爱的老妇人年轻时一连毒死了她的5个丈夫时，不禁会毛骨悚然。