| 单词 | swashbuckling |
| 释义 | swashbuckling From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishswashbucklingswash‧buck‧ling /ˈswɒʃˌbʌkəlɪŋ $ ˈswɑːʃ-, ˈswɒːʃ-/ adjectiveBRAVErelating to adventures in which people do brave exciting things and fight against their enemies with swordsa swashbuckling heroa swashbuckling tale of pirates —swashbuckler noun [countable]Examples from the Corpusswashbuckling• Ultra-confident, dashing and with a swashbuckling air he is the archetypal head boy or captain of the rugby team.• He has everything a swashbuckling hero needs - except good looks.• The Westons' brief life stories would have done credit to the swashbuckling imagination of a Stevenson, Scott or Dumas.• But there is no shifting the swashbuckling McInerney.• a swashbuckling ship captainOrigin swashbuckling (1600-1700) swashbuckler “noisy boastful fighter” ((16-20 centuries)), from swash “to wave around or hit noisily” ((15-20 centuries)) (probably from the sound) + buckler |
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