释义 |
ˈbluffing, vbl. n. [f. bluff v.1 2 and 3.] The action of using bluff; also attrib. or as ppl. a.
1850Congress. Globe 14 May, App. 606/1, I cannot look upon the effort of Texas in any other light than a bluffing, brow-beating game. c1850Southern Sketches 137 (Bartlett 1859), Jim..tried the bluffing system. 1871[see bluff v.1 2]. 1948Redbook (U.S.) Mar. 23/1 Andy was a blustering, bluffing, not too straitlaced fellow. |