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
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.- He appeared in the lounge brandishing a knife.
他挥舞着一把小刀，出现在休息室里。
- He appeared in the lounge brandishing a knife.
英英释义
noun
- the act of waving
verb
- move or swing back and forth
- She waved her gun
- exhibit aggressively
- brandish a sword
双语例句
- Brandish a gun, a knife, an axe, etc
挥舞枪、刀子、斧头等 - Come on together! Brandish the florid youth together!
一起舞动绚丽的青春吧！ - He appeared in the lounge brandishing a knife.
他挥舞着一把小刀，出现在休息室里。 - 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。 - Trust a Brit to brandish that kind of number, I thought.
我觉得英国人显摆那类电话号码大可放心。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - To stop the run on Italian sovereign debt, policymakers need to brandish much bigger weapons than what they have yet come close to mobilising.
要阻止意大利主权债务遭到抛售，政策制定者需要拿出远比他们即将动用的更大型的武器。 - "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。